Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 19:11
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 79.2 2-Core 230 70% 129 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 426 56% 419 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 106 88% 109 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 100 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 474 Write 439 Mixed 370 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 49.4 164% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 245 188% 249 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 56GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 313 313 312 312 311 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 480 Write 441 Mixed 366 SusWrite 325 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 50.2 170% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 87% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 68GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 431 438 451 455 448 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 428 Mixed 327 SusWrite 439 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 39.3 139% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 145 163% 278 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 149GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 432 438 451 456 449 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 448 Mixed 357 SusWrite 440 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 81.3 4K Mixed 42.7 147% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 355 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 620GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 92 92 93 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 83.2 Write 91.3 Mixed 46 SusWrite 91.4 57% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 21.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 80%

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

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 2,675 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $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) $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