Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics91.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive41.3% 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.
MotherboardGigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160301
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 26 '18 at 22:55
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
83.2% Excellent
Memory 90.5
1-Core 81.2
2-Core 234
75% 135 Pts
4-Core 453
8-Core 365
57% 409 Pts
64-Core 434
27% 434 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 83.2%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
PowerColor(148C 2387) ≥ 4GB; powercolor vega 64
CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.2
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
91.9% Outstanding
Lighting 111
Reflection 88.6
Parallax 181
91% 127 fps
MRender 88.8
Gravity 120
Splatting 129
94% 113 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 91.9%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193
40GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 60AABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 72 83 102 76 85 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
41.3% Average
Read 313
Write 159
Mixed 180
SusWrite 85.9
41% 184 MB/s
4K Read 22.8
4K Write 15.7
4K Mixed 19.4
68% 19.3 MB/s
DQ Read 69.1
DQ Write 45.1
DQ Mixed 56.7
42% 57 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 41.3%
Great: 84%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63
33GB free
Firmware: CS131122
SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 87 91 91 91 77 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Read 468
Write 425
Mixed 329
SusWrite 112
74% 333 MB/s
4K Read 30.9
4K Write 97.6
4K Mixed 40.2
150% 56.2 MB/s
DQ Read 322
DQ Write 348
DQ Mixed 87.6
134% 252 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
28GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 106 106 104 106 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
78.4% Very good
Read 167
Write 132
Mixed 82
SusWrite 106
89% 122 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.1
221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 78.4%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G 16GB
2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
41.2% Average
MC Read 13.3
MC Write 14.5
MC Mixed 12.4
38% 13.4 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 14.5
SC Mixed 13.6
39% 13.6 GB/s
Latency 66.5
60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 41.2%
Great: 75%

 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 2,680 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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