Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	114% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '21 at 18:19
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 230 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 749 74% 603 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Gigabyte(1458 2313) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 143 Parallax 181 105% 151 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 132 Splatting 96.7 92% 115 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 320 213 211 205 204 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 479 Mixed 390 SusWrite 261 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 61.5 196% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 131%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 487 488 492 492 493 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 489 Mixed 456 SusWrite 482 109% 486 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 65.4 221% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%
hp ssd v300a 240GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 84GB free Firmware: 505ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 197 211 226 216 217 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 381 Write 281 Mixed 291 SusWrite 217 66% 292 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 40.6 154% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 148 138% 215 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 36GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 59 59 59 59 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 56 Write 54.8 Mixed 42.8 SusWrite 58.3 39% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 51%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 63GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 86 72 72 66 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 97 Write 92 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 73.3 62% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 76%
WD My Passport 0830 2TB 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 534GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 66 66 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 66.8 Write 67.2 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 66.8 83% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 56% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 31.5 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 44.6 SC Mixed 28 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,080x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	647x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	308x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	380x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $618

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16