Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.3% 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	268% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160603
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '20 at 21:53
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 79.4 1-Core 91.5 2-Core 199 70% 123 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 395 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 1F06) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.3% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 111 Parallax 118 93% 114 fps	MRender 165 Gravity 106 Splatting 96.2 97% 123 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$76 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 696GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 936 1324 1578 1490 1394 1390 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 1,850 Write 1,625 Mixed 1,315 SusWrite 1,352 345% 1,535 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 64.5 217% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,128 DQ Write 879 DQ Mixed 1,040 768% 1,016 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 410%
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 140GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 206 170 123 177 177 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 449 Write 421 Mixed 325 SusWrite 190 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 33.8 113% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 201 188% 289 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 97%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 511GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 69 67 68 68 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 113 Write 103 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 68.1 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.6% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.2 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17.2 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 81.6 49% 81.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 88%

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

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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	1,077x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	643x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	305x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	378x
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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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