Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.1% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '20 at 16:08
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 85 1-Core 113 2-Core 230 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 629 61% 500 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 196 Parallax 176 119% 173 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 176 Splatting 121 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 189 182 184 182 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 482 Write 448 Mixed 257 SusWrite 189 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 36.3 141% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 245 203% 294 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 101%
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$37 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 83GB free Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 819 772 734 739 741 744 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,040 Write 986 Mixed 915 SusWrite 758 208% 925 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 62 220% 82.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,029 DQ Write 734 DQ Mixed 900 667% 888 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 228%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 744GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 120 120 118 118 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 124 Write 120 Mixed 105 SusWrite 119 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 4,421 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 13.7 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 80%

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

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 2,682 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16