Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics81.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3  (all builds)
Memory9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150901
Uptime7.6 Days
Run DateDec 04 '19 at 13:32
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User LTU-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
84% Excellent
Memory 92.5
1-Core 126
2-Core 207
83% 142 Pts
4-Core 407
8-Core 647
65% 527 Pts
64-Core 686
42% 686 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
81.5% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 114
Parallax 106
82% 107 fps
MRender 95.5
Gravity 95.8
Splatting 101
80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42
26GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z22000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 37 45 40 46 49 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 35% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
223GB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 133 132 137 137 137 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
82.9% Excellent
Read 155
Write 143
Mixed 72.3
SusWrite 134
92% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 82.9%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Transcend TS1GLH64V1H 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
75.5% Very good
MC Read 27.4
MC Write 28.7
MC Mixed 23.3
76% 26.5 GB/s
SC Read 16.7
SC Write 29.8
SC Mixed 23.6
67% 23.4 GB/s
Latency 63
63% 63 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 75.5%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 2,677 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $625
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