Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	229% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '19 at 20:42
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th 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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 766 80% 643 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.1% 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 3794) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2049 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 144 Parallax 121 107% 132 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 131 Splatting 109 93% 113 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 830 851 807 820 825 796 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 1,909 Write 922 Mixed 634 SusWrite 822 237% 1,072 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 56.4 239% 98 MB/s	DQ Read 1,058 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 375 359% 586 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 243%
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$155 2,976 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 170GB free Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 875 184 158 191 338 210 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 762 Write 854 Mixed 700 SusWrite 326 148% 660 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 48.4 199% 84.3 MB/s	DQ Read 490 DQ Write 679 DQ Mixed 528 415% 566 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 142%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 911GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 185 185 185 184 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 183 Mixed 94.8 SusWrite 184 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 449 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 29.5 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 43.1 SC Mixed 29.3 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 109%

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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 $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