Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	269% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '21 at 21:27
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$249 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 244 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 780 83% 664 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.6% 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: 466.77 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 111 Parallax 127 101% 121 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 122 Splatting 103 106% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% 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% 498GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1388 1212 1210 1163 1123 1124 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 1,624 Write 1,632 Mixed 774 SusWrite 1,203 293% 1,308 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 65.8 236% 90.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,430 DQ Write 1,188 DQ Mixed 1,153 906% 1,257 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 302%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 175GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 275 275 274 274 274 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 444 Mixed 359 SusWrite 293 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 51.1 172% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 230 209% 319 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 65GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 320 320 317 316 315 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 451 Mixed 393 SusWrite 332 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 59.5 209% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Seagate Slim BK 1TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 429GB free Firmware: 8201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 90 89 93 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 139 Write 97.9 Mixed 76.6 SusWrite 91.1 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.7 211% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 66.2% 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 (49^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 26.6 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 28.6 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.4% 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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,090x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	651x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	315x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	383x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	250x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	133x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	70x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $765

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16