Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% 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	97.5% 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	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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '18 at 18:29
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 231 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 598 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 336A) ≥ 4GB; MSI GTX 1080 Gaming Z CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 154 Parallax 130 121% 144 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 142 Splatting 113 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 211 193 185 185 165 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 444 Mixed 347 SusWrite 208 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 48.1 164% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 124%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 133 129 133 134 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 169 Write 173 Mixed 69 SusWrite 131 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.8 205% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 113%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB 8,194 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 187 190 185 181 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 122 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 178 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 836GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 109 111 109 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 102 Write 108 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 110 120% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 259F 2TB 3,542 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1.5TB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 82 81 83 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 74.2 Write 75.5 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 82.1 95% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 504 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.6% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 17.7 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 128%

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

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 2,677 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	1,078x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	645x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	305x

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	112x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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