Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.3% 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	548% 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	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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160603
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 06:20
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 283 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 524 68% 514 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 108 Parallax 93 87% 102 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 91.2 77% 94.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 22 20 17 17 20 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	548% Outstanding	Read 5,923 Write 60.7 Mixed 121 SusWrite 17.9 318% 1,531 MB/s	4K Read 765 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 7.5 1,171% 259 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 548% Great: 242%
Kingston SUV400S 240GB 497 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 25GB free Firmware: D6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 178 98 89 83 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 429 Write 407 Mixed 328 SusWrite 124 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 36.4 138% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 131 136% 226 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 84%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 315GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 138 136 138 139 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 127 Write 132 Mixed 104 SusWrite 138 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 108%
Hitachi HTS721010A9 1TB 523 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 589GB free Firmware: A3T0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 117 117 118 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 127 Write 120 Mixed 31 SusWrite 117 72% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GB 8,407 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.9 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 79%

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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	1,078x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	643x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	305x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	378x
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	112x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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