Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	0.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '19 at 19:42
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 (9^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 201 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 283 8-Core 475 46% 379 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.6% Poor	Lighting 37.1 Reflection 49.8 Parallax 41.8 30% 42.9 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 33.2 Splatting 25.6 26% 31.9 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 171 170 155 144 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 392 Write 195 Mixed 216 SusWrite 160 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 29.9 113% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 207 175% 260 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 730GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 132 132 132 132 134 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 154 Write 149 Mixed 91.2 SusWrite 132 97% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 108%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 153 155 152 157 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 156 Write 137 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 154 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 25.1 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 16 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	644x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	305x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	378x
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 $46

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