Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90.1% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
MotherboardGigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3  (all builds)
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170306
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 11 '17 at 01:56
Run Duration90 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 15%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
89.1% Excellent
Memory 84
1-Core 140
2-Core 279
91% 168 Pts
4-Core 542
8-Core 550
73% 546 Pts
64-Core 549
34% 549 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 89.1%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2007 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
90.1% Outstanding
Lighting 115
Reflection 116
Parallax 100
94% 111 fps
MRender 99
Gravity 103
Splatting 102
83% 101 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 90.1%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
62.4% Good
Read 106
Write 112
Mixed 140
91% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.96
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.34
99% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 62.4%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
41.3% Average
MC Read 14.2
MC Write 14.4
MC Mixed 12.6
39% 13.7 GB/s
SC Read 13.3
SC Write 13.8
SC Mixed 12.4
38% 13.2 GB/s
Latency 73.5
54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 41.3%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 2,678 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $625
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