Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '18 at 03:25
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 89 1-Core 135 2-Core 261 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 530 71% 532 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2327 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 69.8 63% 75.1 fps	MRender 79.5 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 75.9 62% 76.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 382 383 375 375 223 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 392 Write 392 Mixed 276 SusWrite 348 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 41.2 167% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 316 240% 324 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 784GB free Firmware: CC62 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 164 162 162 163 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 181 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 163 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.4 413% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 7,794 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	77.1% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25.3 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 79%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,092x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	651x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	315x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	250x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	133x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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	70x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $765

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16