Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.5% 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	81.4% 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	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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '21 at 20:30
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (97^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 89.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 704 75% 597 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1425) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.5% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 137 Parallax 126 95% 127 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 118 100% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 61 61 56 58 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 455 Write 344 Mixed 327 SusWrite 86.4 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 39.2 148% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 114 131% 224 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 82%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 556GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1787 2030 1312 1024 1032 995 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	309% Outstanding	Read 1,883 Write 1,970 Mixed 1,042 SusWrite 1,363 351% 1,564 MB/s	4K Read 65.4 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 89.5 303% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,363 DQ Write 1,157 DQ Mixed 1,243 936% 1,254 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 309% Great: 372%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 91.9 Write 75.6 Mixed 50.5 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX3200C16D4/8GX KHX2133C14/8G KHX3200C16D4/8GX KHX2133C14/8G 32GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 23.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 99%

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

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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