Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	89.2% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	43.7 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '20 at 18:46
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 190 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 675 72% 573 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 146 Parallax 138 110% 140 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 130 Splatting 108 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSBG200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 118 104 104 104 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 484 Write 394 Mixed 383 SusWrite 125 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 46.1 160% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 242 192% 267 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 141GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 915 908 907 911 909 908 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 2,054 Write 920 Mixed 757 SusWrite 910 256% 1,160 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 62.3 252% 96.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,095 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 405 379% 610 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 924GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 101 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	60% Above average	Read 108 Write 86.7 Mixed 65 SusWrite 100 66% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 107GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 98 98 99 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 116 Write 116 Mixed 71 SusWrite 97.9 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G KHX2666C13/16GX KHX2133C14/8G KHX2666C13/16GX 48GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.1% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.4 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns

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Gaming 69%

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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) $30	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