Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	94.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

8 days ago, 8 days ago, 8 days ago, 5 days ago, 5 days ago, 5 days ago, 4 days ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151020
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '21 at 10:04
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$299 504,930 User benchmarks, average bench 83% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 244 90% 155 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 628 72% 553 Pts	64-Core 622 42% 622 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$450 850,334 User benchmarks, average bench 106% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 146 Parallax 136 112% 140 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 141 Splatting 122 111% 127 fps
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 116%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$169 17,619 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 464GB free (System drive) Firmware: R011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 412 418 417 417 408 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 280 Write 366 Mixed 312 SusWrite 404 77% 340 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 35.6 143% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 342 256% 340 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 104%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$169 17,619 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 467GB free Firmware: R011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 414 373 315 314 329 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 253 Write 316 Mixed 204 SusWrite 350 64% 281 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 19.8 120% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 347 245% 306 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 104%
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$329 704 User benchmarks, average bench 304% 1.5TB free Firmware: P4CR311 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1274 1263 1286 1242 1217 1215 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	287% Outstanding	Read 2,527 Write 1,738 Mixed 993 SusWrite 1,249 362% 1,627 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 47.8 195% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1237 DQ Write 1,033 DQ Mixed 1,120 843% 1,130 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 287% Great: 386%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$73 440,698 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.6% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 18.6 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 20.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 103%

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

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $299Bench 83%, 504,930 samples	1,541x
Core i5-6600KIntel $188Bench 81%, 290,890 samples	1,050x
Core i7-6700Intel $299Bench 75%, 199,289 samples	426x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,100,904 samples	660x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 850,334 samples	389x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,100,889 samples	387x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 104%, 758,733 samples	252x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 111%, 696,417 samples	187x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $68Bench 107%, 556,834 samples	110x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 82%, 440,698 samples	206x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $89Bench 72%, 79,760 samples	136x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 429,937 samples	131x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $971

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $180	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i7-10700K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-11600K $265	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16