Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79% 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	75.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160603
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '20 at 14:24
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 as expected (49^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 217 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 593 61% 492 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% 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 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79% Very good	Lighting 96.4 Reflection 111 Parallax 109 79% 105 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 99.6 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 145 145 97 118 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 320 Write 245 Mixed 228 SusWrite 122 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 40.8 145% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 164 143% 210 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 84%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 381GB free Firmware: SN12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 59 72 67 63 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	23.1% Poor	Read 16.3 Write 50.5 Mixed 20 SusWrite 64.1 28% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 84% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 74%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA641 3TB 2,582 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2.5TB free Firmware: MKAOA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 148 148 149 150 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 125 Write 146 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 149 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown MRB4U300GJJM16G 2x16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.4% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.5 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 19.7 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 97%

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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 2,702 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	1,086x
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 $94Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	70x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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