Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.7% 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 Drive149% 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.
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)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJun 26 '20 at 18:03
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6500-$67
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
83.5% Excellent
Memory 95.2
1-Core 108
2-Core 214
80% 139 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 404
55% 411 Pts
64-Core 417
26% 417 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
EVGA(3842 6674) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
84.7% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 109
Parallax 92.9
88% 103 fps
MRender 95.7
Gravity 96.1
Splatting 97
79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.7%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
LENSE10512GMSP34MEAT2MA 512GB
284GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.3.2902
SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 413 447 432 438 425 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
149% Outstanding
Read 903
Write 502
Mixed 612
SusWrite 415
135% 608 MB/s
4K Read 43.3
4K Write 99.8
4K Mixed 58.1
193% 67.1 MB/s
DQ Read 888
DQ Write 364
DQ Mixed 440
375% 564 MB/s
Poor: 95%
This bench: 149%
Great: 229%
Adata SX8100NP 2TB
874GB free
Firmware: VB411D41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 603 1003 1124 1140 1141 1143 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
279% Outstanding
Read 2,500
Write 1,028
Mixed 1,201
SusWrite 1,026
318% 1,439 MB/s
4K Read 51.9
4K Write 123
4K Mixed 71.4
235% 82.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,124
DQ Write 815
DQ Mixed 1,036
756% 992 MB/s
Poor: 119%
This bench: 279%
Great: 340%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
98.2% Outstanding
MC Read 37
MC Write 39.6
MC Mixed 29.6
101% 35.4 GB/s
SC Read 18.9
SC Write 36.5
SC Mixed 27.2
79% 27.5 GB/s
Latency 56.4
71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 98.2%
Great: 107%

 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 2,681 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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