Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.5% 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	87.1% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '19 at 08:35
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 643 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.5% Very good	Lighting 91.4 Reflection 92.5 Parallax 72.6 74% 85.5 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 94 Splatting 95 78% 94.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 88%
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Sapphire(174B E194) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	7.45% Terrible	Lighting 9.67 Reflection 9.04 Parallax 7.16 8% 8.62 fps	MRender 8.76 Gravity 6.33 Splatting 8.87 7% 7.99 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.45% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 539GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 255 274 276 257 273 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 434 Write 452 Mixed 255 SusWrite 275 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 36 154% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 36.1 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 87.8 84% 124 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 107%
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 72GB free Firmware: N1114H SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 152 153 152 153 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 484 Write 152 Mixed 205 SusWrite 152 54% 248 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 35.4 133% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 150 123% 178 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 90%
Generic S050 Hard drive 500GB 636 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 460GB free Firmware: MS1OA7M0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 119 Write 28.5 Mixed 40.2 SusWrite 28 40% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 103%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 800GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 182 182 181 185 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 168 Mixed 110 SusWrite 182 118% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 387GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 79 79 80 81 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 83.7 Write 84 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 80.3 57% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-8GVR 04CD F4-2400C15-8GVR 04CD F4-2400C15-8GVR 04CD F4-2400C15-8GVR 32GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	74.4% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.5 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 23.9 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 83%

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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	1,078x
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 $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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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