Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '18 at 00:22
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 212 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 426 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 138 Parallax 116 103% 127 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 122 Splatting 103 87% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 485 Write 369 Mixed 340 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 43.5 156% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 236 195% 278 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 91%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 31,958 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 408GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 96 95 95 97 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 100 Write 56.8 Mixed 55 SusWrite 95 56% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 16GB 194 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 27.4 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 22.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 81.2 49% 81.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 91%

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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	645x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	306x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	379x
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	113x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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