Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.1% 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	82.5% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '22 at 07:30
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 79.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 247 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 510 62% 478 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 111 Parallax 102 86% 106 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 101 Splatting 97.4 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 254 234 237 230 235 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 372 Write 417 Mixed 355 SusWrite 266 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 34.4 118% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 314 240% 324 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 98%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 143GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 230 230 211 204 204 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 426 Mixed 323 SusWrite 233 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 51.1 172% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 338 260% 355 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Seagate STM3750528AS 750GB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 153GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 83 84 84 84 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 74.3 Write 77.2 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 83.3 54% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.1% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 12.8 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 11.6 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 80.9 50% 80.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 95%

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 2,699 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,083x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	70x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $542	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16