Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.13% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	24.1 GB free of 28 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151020
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '21 at 04:59
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 207 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 398 54% 400 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.13% Terrible	Lighting 5.5 Reflection 7.3 Parallax 6.5 4% 6.43 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 5.4 Splatting 9.3 6% 7.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.13% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 867GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 185 171 179 162 181 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 148 Write 99.5 Mixed 76.6 SusWrite 176 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 113%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 63GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 44 45 45 45 45 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 39 Write 39.8 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 45.1 52% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 52% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905622-024.A00G 1315 CT8G4DFS8213.M8FB 1315 CT8G4DFS8213.M8FB 9905622-051.A00G 28GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	72.6% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24.4 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 74%

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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	1,078x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	645x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	308x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	380x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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