Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '21 at 16:07
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (97^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 719 76% 610 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85E9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 143 Parallax 146 107% 140 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 137 Splatting 118 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32B3T8EA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,648 Write 1,649 Mixed 1,393 418% 1,896 MB/s	4K Read 62.4 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 78.2 271% 94.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1174 DQ Write 917 DQ Mixed 636 587% 909 MB/s
Poor: 175% Great: 372%
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$80 9,612 User benchmarks, average bench 153% 66GB free Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1054 1061 1069 290 146 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,068 Write 1,042 Mixed 1,030 SusWrite 632 264% 1,193 MB/s	4K Read 63.2 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 82.2 296% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 817 DQ Write 1,040 DQ Mixed 646 566% 834 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 241%
WD My Passport 259D 2TB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 25GB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 51 51 51 52 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	23.9% Poor	Read 51.2 Write 51.5 Mixed 36 SusWrite 50.9 64% 47.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 43%
WDC WD10 EALX-009BA0 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 26GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 63 63 63 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	28.2% Poor	Read 62.5 Write 63.3 Mixed 52 SusWrite 63.1 82% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 20,017 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.7% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 19.9 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 22.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 122%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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 $40Bench 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