Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	102% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '19 at 04:23
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 746 79% 630 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C300) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2212 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 142 Parallax 135 111% 138 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 133 Splatting 111 95% 116 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 840 EVO 250G 250GB 436 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 68 60 66 48 49 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 412 Mixed 350 SusWrite 87.7 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 56.6 203% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 227 207% 316 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%
Inte SSDSC2BF480A5 480GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 150GB free Firmware: TG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 234 212 219 177 210 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 409 Write 260 Mixed 277 SusWrite 210 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 13.6 4K Mixed 16.8 72% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 70.8 DQ Mixed 100 86% 132 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 62%
WD WD5000AAKX-00ERM 500GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 225GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 95 96 95 95 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 105 Write 105 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 94.8 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 0215 CMK16GX4M2C3000C16 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.1% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 19.9 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 69%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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 $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	113x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16