Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.4% 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	90.1% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '22 at 11:36
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th 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-$59 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 494 65% 487 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 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)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 110 Parallax 101 87% 106 fps	MRender 93.1 Gravity 103 Splatting 97 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 442 291 233 234 232 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 396 Write 403 Mixed 349 SusWrite 303 82% 363 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 37.7 131% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 322 246% 332 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 98%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 143GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 220 255 206 204 207 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 410 Mixed 312 SusWrite 235 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 51.2 175% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 339 261% 356 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
Seagate STM3750528AS 750GB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 153GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 82 80 78 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 75.3 Write 77.3 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 81.5 53% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$31 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 16.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 95%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,094x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	652x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	315x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	384x
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	135x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $762

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $48