Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	130% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '20 at 04:35
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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-$272 482,067 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 141 2-Core 267 96% 168 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 733 79% 614 Pts	64-Core 737 50% 737 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$340 648,344 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Gigabyte(1458 366A) CLim: 1649 MHz, MLim: 1877 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 76.9 Parallax 74.3 63% 76.4 fps	MRender 77 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 61.3 58% 69.7 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$57 478,856 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 323GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 482 468 464 372 341 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 452 Mixed 424 SusWrite 432 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 68.8 216% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 131%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$94 40,070 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 127 128 128 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 132 Write 123 Mixed 111 SusWrite 128 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$79 377,979 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 31.3 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 31.8 96% 33.5 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $272Bench 84%, 482,067 samples	1,330x
Core i5-6600KIntel $187Bench 80%, 286,724 samples	904x
Core i7-6700Intel $274Bench 76%, 200,378 samples	359x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 79%, 993,871 samples	589x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 786,866 samples	349x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,047,709 samples	334x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples	219x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 111%, 615,795 samples	163x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $57Bench 107%, 478,856 samples	97x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 83%, 417,739 samples	168x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $73Bench 71%, 76,917 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 377,979 samples	115x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $47	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16