Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 51%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive57.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3  (all builds)
Memory8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20151020
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateDec 20 '18 at 19:23
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User SVK-User
Background CPU 28%

 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600-$139
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
75.8% Very good
Memory 80.5
1-Core 110
2-Core 226
77% 139 Pts
4-Core 406
8-Core 437
56% 421 Pts
64-Core 436
27% 436 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 75.8%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1201.0
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
60.5% Good
Lighting 76.1
Reflection 64.2
Parallax 85.8
62% 75.4 fps
MRender 64
Gravity 60.4
Splatting 81.5
58% 68.6 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 60.5%
Great: 57%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM
SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 171 127 159 159 170 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
57.2% Above average
Read 125
Write 297
Mixed 271
SusWrite 165
49% 215 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 90.1
4K Mixed 27.1
117% 46.7 MB/s
DQ Read 162
DQ Write 138
DQ Mixed 17.8
50% 106 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 57.2%
Great: 111%
Seagate ST375064 0NS 43W 750GB
122GB free
Firmware: 3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 55 56 56 56 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
36.7% Below average
Read 72.3
Write 67.5
Mixed 48.3
SusWrite 55.5
45% 60.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 36.7%
Great: 37%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
80.1% Excellent
MC Read 28.3
MC Write 32
MC Mixed 26.8
83% 29 GB/s
SC Read 16.5
SC Write 31.2
SC Mixed 21.2
66% 23 GB/s
Latency 79.7
50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 80.1%
Great: 91%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 2,690 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 - $169

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $618
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