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Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (30%). 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '19 at 19:35
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$150 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 202 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 525 54% 436 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$200 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.9% Good	Lighting 86.6 Reflection 91.7 Parallax 84.9 71% 87.7 fps	MRender 83 Gravity 82.3 Splatting 84.7 68% 83.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 397 Write 369 Mixed 334 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 47.3 156% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 344 259% 348 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Red Pro 3TB (2014)-$170 548 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 175GB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 116 117 118 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 104 Write 96.8 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 116 72% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$68 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 374GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 88 88 88 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 88 Write 80.7 Mixed 67 SusWrite 86.9 60% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 18.2 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 110%

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

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 2,823 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,137x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	671x
Core i7-6700Intel $150Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	327x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	405x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	260x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	253x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	140x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	113x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	64x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	116x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	74x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	73x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $636

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $274	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $345	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $225	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350