Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 54%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.
MotherboardGigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3  (all builds)
Memory5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20161104
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateMay 26 '17 at 02:44
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
87.2% Excellent
Memory 90.2
1-Core 138
2-Core 275
93% 168 Pts
4-Core 454
8-Core 740
73% 597 Pts
64-Core 742
46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 87.2%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
Gigabyte(1458 3734) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 375.70
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
61.2% Good
Lighting 76.5
Reflection 78.8
Parallax 75.9
62% 77 fps
MRender 72
Gravity 70.1
Splatting 73.5
59% 71.8 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 61.2%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB
722GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
187% Outstanding
Read 307
Write 344
Mixed 177
204% 276 MB/s
4K Read 1.82
4K Write 2.93
4K Mixed 0.73
211% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 187%
Great: 326%
Seagate FreeAgent Go 320GB
298GB free, PID null
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
18% Very poor
Read 38.7
Write 40.3
Mixed 10.7
36% 29.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.46
4K Write 1.12
4K Mixed 0.29
50% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 5%
This bench: 18%
Great: 18%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.8% Good
MC Read 26.2
MC Write 25.7
MC Mixed 20.1
69% 24 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 26.4
SC Mixed 22.2
62% 21.6 GB/s
Latency 66.9
60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 68.8%
Great: 105%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 2,682 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $625
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