Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	44.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	209% 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.

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '23 at 21:03
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 as expected (49^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 218 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 469 56% 429 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 853F) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.8% Average	Lighting 53.9 Reflection 64.5 Parallax 57.2 44% 58.5 fps	MRender 65.6 Gravity 55.9 Splatting 51.4 46% 57.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 796 564 574 573 591 576 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 2,088 Write 1,755 Mixed 1,157 SusWrite 612 312% 1403 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 62 198% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 616 DQ Write 543 DQ Mixed 598 443% 586 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 340%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 244GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1909 830 591 587 590 588 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,980 Write 1,666 Mixed 1,195 SusWrite 849 318% 1,423 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 61.4 198% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 710 DQ Write 575 DQ Mixed 607 464% 631 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 340%
Adata SE730H 512GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 95GB free Firmware: 2210 SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 338 318 324 333 331 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 332 Write 334 Mixed 314 SusWrite 328 74% 327 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 34.1 4K Mixed 24.8 78% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 127 105% 150 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 90%
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2009)-$152 5,563 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 441GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 15,491 Mixed 58.4 5,557% 7,775 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 47%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 578GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 103 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	44% Average	Read 111 Write 113 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 102 130% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 45%
WD Elements 25A2 1.5TB 2,275 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 627GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 104 104 104 105 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 110 Write 110 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 104 129% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 24.2 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 85%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $90Bench 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 $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 $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