Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80% 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	163% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 11:44
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (98^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 774 81% 652 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5170) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Very good	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 111 Parallax 100 80% 103 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 93.2 Splatting 98.5 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 1,387 Write 570 Mixed 785 200% 914 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 47.7 183% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 463 DQ Mixed 100 152% 279 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 157%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 42GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 1,383 Write 560 Mixed 768 198% 904 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 47.8 186% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 498 DQ Mixed 99.1 157% 291 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 157%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 75GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12897091767 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 527 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3917 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 522 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1926 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1926 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 154619609115 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	92% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 155 Mixed 127 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.15 77% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 6,294 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.8% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 110%

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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	1,078x
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 $31Bench 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 $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