Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% 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	111% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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	14.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160603
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '20 at 13:32
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 81.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 233 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 697 68% 558 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 150 Parallax 137 112% 141 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 135 Splatting 108 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 292 318 301 307 308 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 424 Mixed 369 SusWrite 308 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 45 193% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 169 170 172 172 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 168 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 170 96% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3750630AS 750GB-$207 2,150 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 642GB free Firmware: DE13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 100 101 101 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 90 Mixed 47.1 SusWrite 101 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 165 164 166 165 155 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 144 Mixed 77 SusWrite 163 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 186 185 184 181 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 156 Mixed 64.9 SusWrite 182 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 105%
Seagate Expansion+ 4TB 2,051 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 561GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 22 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 33 Write 33 Mixed 28.6 SusWrite 21.2 22% 29 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.4 138% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 68%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 21 21 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 38 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 21.3 23% 31.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.5 157% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 4x8GB 743 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.2% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.7 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 21.2 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 127%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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	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 $40Bench 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