Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '20 at 01:36
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 498 68% 505 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% PNY(196E 119F) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2181 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Lighting 84 Reflection 82.3 Parallax 79.6 68% 82 fps	MRender 79 Gravity 77.3 Splatting 75.6 63% 77.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 377 421 421 424 422 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 282 Mixed 276 SusWrite 400 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 19.5 131% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 112 121% 198 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 163GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 107 107 107 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	70% Good	Read 137 Write 140 Mixed 75.6 SusWrite 107 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3TB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 53 75 110 112 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 72.2 Mixed 59.1 SusWrite 90.5 59% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.6 164% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 66%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 119 119 119 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 161 Write 159 Mixed 88.6 SusWrite 119 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 89%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW-SD/MS 32GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 30GB free, PID 0301 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 53.1 Write 10.1 Mixed 16.5 SusWrite 12.4 24% 23 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 3.7 209% 4.07 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2800C16-4GVR 04CD F4-2800C16-4GVR 04CD F4-2800C16-4GRR 04CD F4-2800C16-4GRR 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	94.3% Outstanding	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 30.6 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 40 SC Mixed 27.6 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 94%

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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	1,083x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	651x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	311x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	381x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	248x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	245x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	132x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	70x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16