Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	120% 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	168% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '20 at 18:10
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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 way below expectations (10^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 202 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 677 56% 485 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2383) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 223 Parallax 236 114% 199 fps	MRender 219 Gravity 200 Splatting 135 146% 185 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 243 247 258 255 261 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 2,282 Write 970 Mixed 892 SusWrite 290 243% 1,108 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 27 4K Mixed 22.5 122% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 969 DQ Write 89.6 DQ Mixed 174 217% 411 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 280%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$80 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 110 110 115 113 120 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 128 Write 129 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 112 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 636GB free Firmware: CC98 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 96 99 106 102 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 125 Write 107 Mixed 52 SusWrite 100 70% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC98 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 158 154 163 168 169 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 84.8 Mixed 77 SusWrite 158 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 114%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 677GB free Firmware: CC94 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 65 66 69 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 81.7 Write 50.7 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 65.9 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB 3,999 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 24.9 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 22.8 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 93%

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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	1,082x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	649x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	310x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	380x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	248x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16