Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	178% 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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '21 at 20:27
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	MLT-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$139 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 236 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 458 62% 461 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1508 MHz, MLim: 1753 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Lighting 63.6 Reflection 73.3 Parallax 65 52% 67.3 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 64.6 Splatting 58.4 52% 64.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingchuxing 32GB 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 19GB free Firmware: Q0927A SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 89 89 89 88 86 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.1% Average	Read 337 Write 81.7 Mixed 102 SusWrite 86 33% 152 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 5.5 71% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 19.7 DQ Write 90 DQ Mixed 7.8 20% 39.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 47%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 63GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 410 400 290 284 282 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 397 Write 374 Mixed 343 SusWrite 326 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 47.1 154% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 255 220% 324 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB 15,006 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 214 165 166 166 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,343 Write 903 Mixed 827 SusWrite 212 182% 821 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 73.5 245% 93.5 MB/s	DQ Read 678 DQ Write 908 DQ Mixed 577 496% 721 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 199%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 177GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 99 98 98 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 90.3 Write 74.5 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 97.6 57% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 59%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 83GB free Firmware: 4.AAA SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 93 93 94 93 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 91.6 Write 51.5 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 91 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 53%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 829GB free Firmware: AX0P2D SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 95 93 95 94 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 52.9 Write 87 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 93.8 48% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Goodram GR2666D464L19/16G 1x16GB 370 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 53%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 26: 2R 3G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
26%	23%	52	273	185	60	21.5"	1920 1080	ACR0497 KA220HQ

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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	1,080x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	647x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	308x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	380x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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	69x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $618

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16