Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	75.4% 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	83.6% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '22 at 02:03
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	CRI-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 1.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	54.9% Above average	Memory 72.8 1-Core 78.1 2-Core 126 56% 92.2 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 259 30% 233 Pts	64-Core 231 14% 231 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.4% Very good	Lighting 92.2 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.2 75% 96.7 fps	MRender 92.3 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 91.8 76% 92.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 335 243 359 220 380 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 430 Write 410 Mixed 284 SusWrite 298 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 29.6 114% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 68 116% 226 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 111%
Adata HD330 2TB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 57GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 88 90 90 90 89 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 69.7 Write 96 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 89.8 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 68%
Seagate Expansion 500GB 5,329 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 54GB free Firmware: 0502 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 97 99 99 99 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 101 Mixed 54.9 SusWrite 98.4 64% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 62%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 741GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 178 157 177 166 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 156 Mixed 36.6 SusWrite 172 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 114% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 16.1 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 95 42% 95 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 112%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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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	308x

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 $90Bench 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 $269	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 $178	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