Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	143% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	318% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '20 at 07:13
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 237 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 610 63% 506 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	143% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 199 Parallax 209 152% 198 fps	MRender 248 Gravity 208 Splatting 137 155% 198 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 470GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1756 1678 1702 1710 1715 1719 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	318% Outstanding	Read 1953 Write 2,140 Mixed 1,770 SusWrite 1,713 427% 1,894 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 71.4 258% 98 MB/s	DQ Read 1,356 DQ Write 1,175 DQ Mixed 1266 949% 1,266 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 318% Great: 347%
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 419GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 380 315 306 305 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 474 Mixed 348 SusWrite 331 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 48.9 174% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 249 208% 300 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
Crucial BX100 1TB-$500 1,367 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 63GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 366 418 419 301 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 427 Mixed 349 SusWrite 338 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 43.1 153% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 208 177% 257 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 80GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 361 225 212 210 206 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 479 Mixed 440 SusWrite 266 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 63.5 220% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 364 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 255GB free Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 391 445 445 458 463 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 473 Mixed 398 SusWrite 430 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 47.9 182% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 211 198% 309 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 117%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 192GB free Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 357 286 285 269 283 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 422 Write 448 Mixed 379 SusWrite 309 88% 389 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 41.2 150% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 345 258% 343 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 32 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 43.5 SC Mixed 30.2 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

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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