Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	90.8% 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	256% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '16 at 16:03
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 153 2-Core 304 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 577 8-Core 843 89% 710 Pts	64-Core 842 52% 842 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5170) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2294 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 125 Parallax 106 92% 114 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 103 Splatting 109 89% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 6,967 User benchmarks, average bench 225% 900GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,406 Write 1,370 Mixed 1,489 387% 1,755 MB/s	4K Read 60.4 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 38.9 221% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 63.1 DQ Write 463 DQ Mixed 38.1 96% 188 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 294%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 423GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 177 Mixed 528 66% 292 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 49.3 200% 81.1 MB/s	DQ Read 500 DQ Write 519 DQ Mixed 164 219% 395 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 144%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 348GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 554 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 93 (64) Unknown 100 100 502080 (65) Unknown 100 100 120000 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 74 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2609 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 137440067615 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 485 (EA) Unknown 100 100 198 (F1) Unknown 100 100 466 (F2) Unknown 100 100 259 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	73.5% Very good	Read 496 Write 276 Mixed 275 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 12.3 95% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 26.9 71% 154 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GB 14,178 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 25 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 26.9 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 97%

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

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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	1,086x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	651x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	311x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	382x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	249x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	245x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	133x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	70x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16