Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	234% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '18 at 22:53
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 145 2-Core 291 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 566 76% 565 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 77.6 Parallax 69.1 63% 74.6 fps	MRender 81.7 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 65.5 59% 72.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$140 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 298GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 800 643 644 636 615 634 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 1,938 Write 1,754 Mixed 684 SusWrite 662 280% 1,259 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 59.6 222% 84.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,024 DQ Write 1,132 DQ Mixed 998 773% 1,052 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 254%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 419GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 141 142 140 136 142 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 146 Write 106 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 140 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB 2,352 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27.8 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 25.7 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,090x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	651x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	315x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	250x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	133x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	70x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $765

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16