Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.1% 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 Drive	85.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '19 at 18:06
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 128 2-Core 244 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 697 67% 554 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3795) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.1% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 124 Parallax 98.1 93% 112 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 127 Splatting 108 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 840 PRO Seri 512GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 98 89 92 88 86 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 404 Write 156 Mixed 248 SusWrite 95.3 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 43.5 174% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 130 126% 199 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 123%
Samsun HD502IJ 500GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 371GB free Firmware: 1AA0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 86 86 87 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 79.5 Write 93.3 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 87 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 63%
Samsun HD502IJ 500GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 168GB free Firmware: 1AA0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 64 66 72 71 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 68.3 Write 79.8 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 68.3 49% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 63%
WD WD20EARS-00MVWB0 2TB 162 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 577GB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 82 81 83 83 83 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 79.8 Write 77 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 81.9 48% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 70% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 67%
SAMSUNG HM500JI 500GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 132GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 36 37 37 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 37.3 Write 28.5 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 36.6 45% 33.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.3 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 27.5 76% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 91%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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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 $94Bench 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 $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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) $39	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