Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78% 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	93.7% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '18 at 12:05
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 226 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 456 61% 456 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78% Very good	Lighting 96.2 Reflection 109 Parallax 101 78% 102 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 91.6 Splatting 95.7 77% 94.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 286 285 248 275 234 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 359 Mixed 323 SusWrite 276 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 40.9 147% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 196 175% 263 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 103%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 414GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 70 73 74 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 70.7 Write 55.5 Mixed 52.4 SusWrite 72.7 46% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 198 197 198 196 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 216 Write 191 Mixed 85.1 SusWrite 196 126% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 903GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 82 82 82 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 81.9 Write 85.1 Mixed 42.7 SusWrite 82.3 53% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 46%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 208 196 204 207 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 156 Mixed 85 SusWrite 204 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 114%
MICRONET FANTOM DRIVE 1TB 344 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 618GB free, PID 1340 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 37.7 Write 39.2 Mixed 35.2 SusWrite 40.9 53% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 23%
WD Elements 1078 2TB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 39 41 41 41 41 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 13% Great: 43%
Generic Flash Disk 1GB 140 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 1320 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.5 8.8 8.9 8.9 8.8 8.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	5.59% Terrible	Read 13.9 Write 6.7 Mixed 7.3 SusWrite 8.8 12% 9.17 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 29% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.59% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 29.3 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	645x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	307x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	380x
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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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