Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	220% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '19 at 00:26
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 438 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 791 777 680 710 581 518 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,972 Write 898 Mixed 690 SusWrite 676 233% 1,059 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 55.3 229% 88.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,045 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 373 356% 579 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 243%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 44GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 138 115 128 133 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 321 Write 186 Mixed 230 SusWrite 132 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 36.4 139% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 159 123% 167 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 85%
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 7GB free Firmware: 300i Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 348 Write 123 Mixed 183 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 37.6 154% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 146 115% 161 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 37GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 179 169 170 160 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 177 Mixed 85 SusWrite 172 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB 2,352 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.8 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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	305x

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 $109Bench 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	112x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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