Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '19 at 03:56
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 704 76% 602 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 37D9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 113 Parallax 116 91% 114 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 83.9 83% 104 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 142 89 75 66 99 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 483 Write 408 Mixed 326 SusWrite 136 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 23.7 119% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 144 127% 196 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 88%
Maxtor STM3160813AS 160GB 1,148 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 23GB free Firmware: MC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 74 73 74 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 122 Write 120 Mixed 61 SusWrite 74.1 69% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 66%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 101GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 86 87 87 88 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 73.5 Write 67.3 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 86.6 50% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 43GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 97 99 99 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 181 Write 140 Mixed 82 SusWrite 97.9 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 114%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 3.6 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	4.02% Terrible	Read 14.5 Write 2.2 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 3.7 7% 6.43 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.02% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x16GB 2,591 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	45.2% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 12.6 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 14.2 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 46%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,078x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	645x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	306x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	379x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	247x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	243x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	132x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16