Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 116% UFO


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	148% 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	255% 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	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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '21 at 03:49
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	10%

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-$241 712,312 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 (86^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 141 2-Core 280 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 773 77% 627 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8280 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.51% Terrible	Lighting 8.8 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 8.7 7% 9.47 fps	MRender 10.3 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 11.5 8% 9.77 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.51% Great: 7%
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 404C) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	148% Outstanding	Lighting 218 Reflection 255 Parallax 189 178% 221 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 145 Splatting 130 124% 155 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Viper M.2 VPN100 1TB 3,813 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 710GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1545 995 1000 1002 986 970 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 1,138 Write 2,015 Mixed 1,287 SusWrite 1,083 313% 1,381 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 195 4K Mixed 81.2 268% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,483 DQ Write 1,203 DQ Mixed 1,327 998% 1,337 MB/s
Poor: 156% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 287%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 493GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 143 142 144 144 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 174 Mixed 138 SusWrite 143 117% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown N4D08J2133-1GBO Kingston 9905625-062.A00G 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 22.1 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 24.3 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	12	10	144	15.4"	1280 720	SAM01AB SyncMaster

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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	1,078x
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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 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 $295	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 $40	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