Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 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 95.5%, 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	228% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '19 at 19:35
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 290 93% 171 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 579 74% 563 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.5% 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: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 145 Parallax 123 108% 134 fps	MRender 99.8 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% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 900 814 899 909 848 828 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,792 Write 901 Mixed 637 SusWrite 866 232% 1,049 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 54.5 244% 99 MB/s	DQ Read 1,052 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 377 359% 583 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 228% 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: 832 718 260 173 122 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 715 Write 800 Mixed 686 SusWrite 386 146% 647 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 46.8 196% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 493 DQ Write 666 DQ Mixed 521 410% 560 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: 183 184 184 184 185 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 180 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 184 120% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 14GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.8 10 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	8.65% Terrible	Read 32.5 Write 6 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 10.5 16% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.65% Great: 9%

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 way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 32.7 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 43.1 SC Mixed 29.6 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% 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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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