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Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	284% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '22 at 03:27
Run Duration	302 Seconds
Run User	KEN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$127 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 252 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 738 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3685) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 512.59 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 83 Parallax 76.2 64% 79.3 fps	MRender 77.1 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 65.8 58% 72.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 SE NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$85 28,559 User benchmarks, average bench 239% 609GB free (System drive) Firmware: 711250WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2002 2166 2043 428 136 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 1,819 Write 2,298 Mixed 1,780 SusWrite 1,153 398% 1,763 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 200 4K Mixed 81.8 293% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,362 DQ Write 918 DQ Mixed 1,160 860% 1,146 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 328%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 112GB free Firmware: R211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 116 118 119 122 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 423 Write 135 Mixed 187 SusWrite 120 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 39.7 166% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 99.9 84% 122 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 81%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 89GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 280 286 291 263 285 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 492 Mixed 420 SusWrite 304 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 54.2 193% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 144 115% 164 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$28 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 438GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 109 111 111 110 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 132 Write 91.7 Mixed 80.1 SusWrite 108 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 185% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$60 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 92GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 90 91 90 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 78.8 Write 78.1 Mixed 51.9 SusWrite 89.6 55% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$40 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 29.4 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 42.7 SC Mixed 30.2 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 104%

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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 $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,138x
Core i5-6600KIntel $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	673x
Core i7-6700Intel $130Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	329x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	405x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	260x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	255x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	140x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	113x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	65x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	116x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	74x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	73x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $714

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $84
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $370