Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.4% 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	133% 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	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '19 at 01:50
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 689 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.4% Above average	Lighting 74.3 Reflection 77.1 Parallax 66.4 60% 72.6 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 68.9 Splatting 70.1 57% 69.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG Gammix S11 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 2,541 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 268 273 269 280 276 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 1,602 Write 270 Mixed 386 SusWrite 273 137% 633 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 43.2 146% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 67.4 DQ Mixed 102 86% 130 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 258%
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 173GB free Firmware: R0126A SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 460 465 459 463 464 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 440 Mixed 424 SusWrite 460 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 42 154% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 89.1 DQ Mixed 121 98% 142 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 148 148 150 149 148 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 91.8 Write 118 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 147 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 90%
Samsun HD154UI 1.5TB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 697GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 97 97 97 97 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 82 Write 94.5 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 96.4 58% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 147% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.9 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 88%

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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%

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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	306x

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 $94Bench 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	113x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 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: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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