Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.7% 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	112% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

13 months ago, 7 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '19 at 10:20
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-6700K-$298 351,790 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	1-Core 134 2-Core 259 93% 197 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 702 75% 583 Pts	64-Core 715 48% 715 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$415 743,673 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 351 Reflection 310 Parallax 323 92% 328 fps	MRender 206 Gravity 309 Splatting 232 84% 249 fps
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$55 518,075 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 258 257 255 255 250 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 436 Mixed 376 SusWrite 272 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 58.1 193% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 354 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$58 75,762 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 282GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 406 450 452 442 382 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 422 Mixed 409 SusWrite 421 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 53 173% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 296 241% 343 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$58 418,010 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 204GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 151 150 150 155 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 132 Write 106 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 152 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$59 253,408 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 178 177 179 178 179 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 132 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 178 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 116%
Seagate Portable 250GB 479 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 155GB free, PID 2300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 38 Write 37.3 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 41 49% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 74% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C15 4x8GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 20 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 132%

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

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Gaming 75%

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Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 56%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $320

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $298Bench 81%, 351,790 samples	2,891x
Core i5-6600KIntel $199Bench 77%, 205,360 samples	2,146x
Core i7-6700Intel $305Bench 70%, 141,142 samples	627x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 79%, 743,673 samples	1,478x
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 52%, 506,553 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $445Bench 104%, 551,254 samples	782x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 105%, 518,075 samples	714x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $87Bench 112%, 375,272 samples	470x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 200%, 161,688 samples	166x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 84%, 283,947 samples	457x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 86%, 158,883 samples	279x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 72%, 33,279 samples	277x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,151

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $260	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i7-9700K $369	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24