Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '22 at 23:39
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (72^nd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 245 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 673 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% MSI(1462 3973) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 177 Parallax 186 152% 183 fps	MRender 191 Gravity 142 Splatting 120 120% 151 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 122 120 104 162 162 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 421 Write 416 Mixed 351 SusWrite 149 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 29.3 124% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 187 185% 294 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 95%
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 14,022 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 467GB free Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 815 1292 1470 1495 768 240 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 937 Write 1,223 Mixed 665 SusWrite 1,013 217% 960 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 66.7 228% 85.6 MB/s	DQ Read 938 DQ Write 817 DQ Mixed 620 535% 792 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 235%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 856GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 93 93 93 89 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 87.7 Write 90.9 Mixed 60.9 SusWrite 88.6 60% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 51%
WD My Passport 0837 1TB 3,852 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 445GB free, PID 0837 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 60 59 60 60 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	25.7% Poor	Read 54.5 Write 60.1 Mixed 42 SusWrite 58.4 74% 53.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB 325 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 94%

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

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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 $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