Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	116% 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	225% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '20 at 03:18
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 75.5 2-Core 218 71% 127 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 423 56% 417 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 400D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 145 Parallax 149 125% 149 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 133 Splatting 107 112% 141 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS3030 1TB SSD 12,276 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 888GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS303226 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1387 950 968 965 961 963 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1,171 Write 2,300 Mixed 1,374 SusWrite 1,032 334% 1,469 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 70.8 229% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,283 DQ Write 664 DQ Mixed 904 690% 950 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 286%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 137 145 150 150 146 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 149 Write 146 Mixed 31 SusWrite 144 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 134% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 107%
WD Re 2TB (2012)-$29 5,893 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01K03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 95 96 100 92 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 83.4 Write 122 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 96.6 68% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 90%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 841GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 6.3 6.3 6.5 6 6.1 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	3.9% Terrible	Read 6 Write 5.7 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 7.5 5% 6.18 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.1 21% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 3.9% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 24.3 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.2 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 86%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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	306x

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 $94Bench 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	113x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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