Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.99% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	136% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '19 at 17:52
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	KOR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 216 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 349 46% 347 Pts	64-Core 336 21% 336 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6323 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	4.99% Terrible	Lighting 7.2 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 6.72 6% 8.17 fps	MRender 7.52 Gravity 6.27 Splatting 0.04 3% 4.61 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.99% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 19,561 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 427GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 404 423 424 413 422 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 649 Write 548 Mixed 455 SusWrite 429 117% 520 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 62.4 158% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 934 DQ Write 518 DQ Mixed 396 383% 616 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 170%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9965643-006.A01G 2x8GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 13.7 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 90%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,077x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	643x
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 $275	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