Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.4% 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	71.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '19 at 18:32
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 242 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 467 63% 468 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 104 92% 111 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 102 Splatting 92.9 79% 97.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 308 306 314 312 319 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 461 Write 311 Mixed 141 SusWrite 312 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 24 99% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 61.5 DQ Mixed 79.1 63% 90.3 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 448GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 166 164 166 169 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 146 Mixed 87.6 SusWrite 167 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 125GB 732 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 62GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 20.8 Mixed 2.7 9% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 2 100% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 28.7 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.3 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

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

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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 $45Bench 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 $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