Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	291% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '21 at 21:36
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 266 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 704 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% 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 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Very good	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 165 Parallax 99.9 80% 121 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 99.9 80% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WDS100T3XHC-00SJ 1TB 310 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 585GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1829 1162 1186 1219 1151 1147 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,025 Write 2,278 Mixed 1,832 SusWrite 1,282 418% 1,854 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 75.9 268% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,254 DQ Write 948 DQ Mixed 1,113 829% 1,105 MB/s
Poor: 183% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 317%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 681GB free Firmware: UH4400RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 112 52 3.5 62 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 466 Write 334 Mixed 301 SusWrite 79 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 8.2 65% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 95.4 DQ Mixed 29.3 43% 81.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 58%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 827GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 126 71 65 72 21 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 461 Write 384 Mixed 272 SusWrite 101 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 9.8 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 11.1 53% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 96.1 DQ Mixed 30.3 43% 81 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 58%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$54 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 393GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 105 105 105 105 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	61% Good	Read 108 Write 106 Mixed 74.9 SusWrite 104 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 196% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX3000C15D4/8GX KHX2800C14D4/8GX KHX3000C15D4/8GX KHX2800C14D4/8GX 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.5% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 24 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 25.6 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 98%

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

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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	1,080x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	646x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	106x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	62x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16