Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '19 at 11:41
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 214 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 615 62% 502 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 107 Parallax 89.7 83% 99.4 fps	MRender 91.6 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 95.4 77% 93.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 483 Write 432 Mixed 381 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 60.1 204% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 345 260% 349 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Red Pro 3TB (2014)-$170 548 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 175GB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 117 117 117 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 115 Write 93.7 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 116 73% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 374GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 87 88 88 88 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 80.3 Write 87.7 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 86.9 63% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.7% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 2,684 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,078x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	645x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	308x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	380x
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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	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 $45	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