Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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.
Graphics110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive56.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3  (all builds)
Memory10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 13 '18 at 06:29
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 28%
Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
87.2% Excellent
Memory 94.4
1-Core 142
2-Core 267
94% 168 Pts
4-Core 431
8-Core 730
71% 581 Pts
64-Core 749
46% 749 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 148
Reflection 154
Parallax 131
120% 144 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 140
Splatting 110
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 110%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35
63GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C3FD6SD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 67 57 51 51 60 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
56.6% Above average
Read 169
Write 356
Mixed 300
SusWrite 81.1
52% 226 MB/s
4K Read 31.3
4K Write 68
4K Mixed 28.6
120% 42.6 MB/s
DQ Read 290
DQ Write 93.1
DQ Mixed 107
101% 163 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 56.6%
Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
490GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 150 150 151 151 150 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
89% Excellent
Read 160
Write 158
Mixed 96.2
SusWrite 150
104% 141 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.1
221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 89%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
73.2% Very good
MC Read 28.5
MC Write 27.9
MC Mixed 20.7
73% 25.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.3
SC Write 25.6
SC Mixed 21.3
61% 21.4 GB/s
Latency 58.8
68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 73.2%
Great: 90%

 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 2,676 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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