Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	340% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '20 at 11:19
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 646 70% 554 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 336A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 148 Parallax 143 118% 145 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 142 Splatting 114 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 717GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42AZS6AC Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1847 1967 1953 2047 2024 1581 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	340% Outstanding	Read 2,005 Write 2,026 Mixed 153 SusWrite 1,903 340% 1,522 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 89 288% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,275 DQ Write 1,133 DQ Mixed 588 609% 999 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 340% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,226 Write 6,334 Mixed 5,822 1,370% 6,127 MB/s	4K Read 628 4K Write 282 4K Mixed 371 1,576% 427 MB/s	DQ Read 1574 DQ Write 1089 DQ Mixed 1,118 892% 1,260 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 158GB free Firmware: AX002J SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 57 57 57 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 59.8 Write 62.2 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 56.6 38% 51.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 117% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 57%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 640GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 159 159 158 158 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 180 Mixed 85 SusWrite 159 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 32 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 43.8 SC Mixed 31 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

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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	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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16