Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.9% 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	91.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	56.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 02:39
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 242 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 650 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2122 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 111 Parallax 104 85% 106 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 102 82% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$79 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 265GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 285 282 283 281 284 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 283 Mixed 297 SusWrite 284 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 28.9 137% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 185 169% 262 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 129%
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 166GB free Firmware: X41000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 200 192 189 195 193 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 409 Write 310 Mixed 240 SusWrite 205 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 35 133% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 140 136% 216 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 198 200 201 200 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 152 Mixed 84 SusWrite 200 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 59GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 96 95 94 96 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 63.5 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 94.8 52% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 99% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 114%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 4GB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 4GB free, PID 0749 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.1 3.4 3.3 3 2.7 3.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	1.85% Terrible	Read 5.2 Write 2.2 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 3.1 5% 3.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.85% Great: 12%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 1,739 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 46GB free, PID 0749 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.1 2.9 5.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 88.5 Write 16.3 Mixed 40.2 SusWrite 3.1 38% 37 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 3.4 202% 3.73 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2C3200C16 4x16GB 18,655 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 27.3 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 35.7 SC Mixed 26.9 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 123%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,081x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	648x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	308x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	380x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $618

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16