Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics96.3% 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 Drive221% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3  (all builds)
Memory28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime9.9 Days
Run DateFeb 11 '19 at 01:41
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
91.8% Outstanding
Memory 95.2
1-Core 128
2-Core 255
90% 159 Pts
4-Core 477
8-Core 706
74% 591 Pts
64-Core 706
44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 91.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
96.3% Outstanding
Lighting 123
Reflection 139
Parallax 116
100% 126 fps
MRender 96.8
Gravity 123
Splatting 104
88% 108 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 96.3%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250
152GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 906 901 894 840 866 815 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
221% Outstanding
Read 1,635
Write 923
Mixed 694
SusWrite 870
229% 1,031 MB/s
4K Read 43.9
4K Write 190
4K Mixed 54.2
237% 96.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,056
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 369
356% 583 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 221%
Great: 243%
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$155
233GB free
Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 865 790 207 123 200 131 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
136% Outstanding
Read 721
Write 848
Mixed 696
SusWrite 386
149% 663 MB/s
4K Read 28
4K Write 170
4K Mixed 46
191% 81.2 MB/s
DQ Read 491
DQ Write 679
DQ Mixed 527
415% 566 MB/s
Poor: 95%
This bench: 136%
Great: 142%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
914GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 183 184 186 186 184 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 221
Write 174
Mixed 105
SusWrite 185
125% 171 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.2
249% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 116%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
95.8% Outstanding
MC Read 33.7
MC Write 37.5
MC Mixed 30.1
96% 33.8 GB/s
SC Read 19.9
SC Write 41.2
SC Mixed 29.5
86% 30.2 GB/s
Latency 56.5
71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 95.8%
Great: 109%

 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 2,682 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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HDDRAMUSB
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