Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	20.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '21 at 20:45
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 269 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 768 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 107 Parallax 126 100% 119 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 120 Splatting 99.7 96% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,076 Write 1,801 Mixed 743 340% 1,540 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 60.9 221% 85.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,217 DQ Write 877 DQ Mixed 1,042 780% 1,045 MB/s
Poor: 157% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 65GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 317 315 320 320 321 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 485 Mixed 398 SusWrite 332 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 61.3 208% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 174GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 201 194 190 191 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 484 Mixed 398 SusWrite 221 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 55.7 191% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 232 210% 320 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 118%
Seagate Slim BK 1TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 429GB free Firmware: 8201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 88 91 93 92 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 116 Write 104 Mixed 70.6 SusWrite 91.2 70% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.4 169% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 2,128 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 26.7 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 28.6 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 110%

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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	1,083x
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	651x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	311x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	381x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	248x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	245x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	132x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	70x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16