Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.7% 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	256% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '16 at 15:40
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 148 2-Core 288 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 846 85% 692 Pts	64-Core 849 53% 849 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5170) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.70 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.7% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 112 Parallax 95.2 83% 103 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 93.9 Splatting 97.8 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 6,967 User benchmarks, average bench 225% 903GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,666 Write 1,293 Mixed 1,525 402% 1,828 MB/s	4K Read 59.5 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 37.9 223% 85.4 MB/s	DQ Read 61.4 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 37.9 52% 90.9 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 294%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 423GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 178 Mixed 294 49% 217 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 48.3 205% 84.5 MB/s	DQ Read 508 DQ Write 541 DQ Mixed 27.9 158% 359 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 144%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 348GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 554 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 93 (64) Unknown 100 100 497984 (65) Unknown 100 100 119872 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 73 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2609 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 100 137440067614 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 477 (EA) Unknown 100 100 197 (F1) Unknown 100 100 459 (F2) Unknown 100 100 253 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	72.3% Very good	Read 494 Write 265 Mixed 273 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 10.9 94% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 27.8 72% 156 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GB 14,178 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 25.2 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 26.6 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 97%

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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	1,082x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	649x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	308x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	380x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	248x
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 $45Bench 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: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16