Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90% 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	67.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '18 at 19:49
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 221 75% 134 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 279 43% 310 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 120 Parallax 103 93% 112 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 104 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 113 114 117 113 113 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 358 Write 130 Mixed 193 SusWrite 114 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 29.9 129% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 41.1 65% 124 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 82%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 37GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,636 Write 1,268 Mixed 534 252% 1,146 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 46.1 192% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 998 DQ Write 956 DQ Mixed 596 552% 850 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
KINGSTON 64GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 6GB free Firmware: D110 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 88 84 72 45 60 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	24.7% Poor	Read 142 Write 68 Mixed 109 SusWrite 77.2 22% 99 MB/s	4K Read 9.3 4K Write 28.6 4K Mixed 11.5 44% 16.5 MB/s	DQ Read 11.6 DQ Write 25.9 DQ Mixed 14.1 12% 17.2 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 35%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 715GB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 34 38 48 45 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 32.8 Write 56.3 Mixed 16 SusWrite 38.3 26% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 103 104 103 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 100 Write 100 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 104 72% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 67%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 283GB free Firmware: 12.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 73 75 74 74 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 68.8 Write 82.3 Mixed 58.3 SusWrite 72 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.7 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 117%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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