Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.5% 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	113% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '21 at 08:52
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 243 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 644 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC3) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.5% Very good	Lighting 97.1 Reflection 96.9 Parallax 87.9 79% 94 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 91 Splatting 76.5 71% 88.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 796GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 442 467 474 472 473 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 480 Mixed 391 SusWrite 462 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 47.5 163% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 97.2 134% 244 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 573GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 99 102 103 100 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 116 Write 97.3 Mixed 82 SusWrite 101 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 85%
Toshiba HDWR21C 12TB 263 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 4TB free Firmware: 0601 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 173 183 184 178 183 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 180 Mixed 62 SusWrite 180 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 138%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 304GB free Firmware: AR13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 26 27 27 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 15.2 Write 30.8 Mixed 38.9 SusWrite 27.2 21% 28 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 0.3 174% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 87%
Toshiba HDWR21C 12TB 263 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 7TB free Firmware: 0601 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 176 205 203 202 206 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 6 Write 28.1 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 193 43% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 42% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 138%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 4,091 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.1% Very good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 22.7 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 117%

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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	1,078x
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) $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