Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	79% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151020
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '21 at 11:08
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 (92^nd percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 236 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 659 70% 560 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 147 Parallax 150 112% 145 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 142 Splatting 123 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 465GB free (System drive) Firmware: R011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 409 360 276 276 251 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 269 Write 360 Mixed 310 SusWrite 312 71% 312 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 37.5 126% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 169 144% 206 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 104%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 467GB free Firmware: R011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 414 389 315 317 307 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 271 Write 364 Mixed 311 SusWrite 341 73% 322 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 40.2 133% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 344 257% 341 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 104%
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$246 4,222 User benchmarks, average bench 283% 1.5TB free Firmware: P4CR311 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1051 1306 1486 1379 1334 1620 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 1,702 Write 1,520 Mixed 673 SusWrite 1,363 294% 1,314 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 63.2 204% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,258 DQ Write 435 DQ Mixed 613 514% 769 MB/s
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 389%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 20.4 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 104%

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

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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 $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 $40Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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