Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.1% 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	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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '22 at 17:18
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 229 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 423 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3609) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 185 Parallax 193 139% 183 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 177 Splatting 119 114% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 38 41 34 30 34 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 303 Mixed 259 SusWrite 51.4 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 56.3 186% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 224 206% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 118%
Kingston SNVS1000G 1TB 18,978 User benchmarks, average bench 178% 931GB free Firmware: S8442105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 996 1129 1488 1510 1520 1522 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,278 Write 1,427 Mixed 883 SusWrite 1,361 279% 1,237 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 22.5 190% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 592 DQ Write 1,013 DQ Mixed 188 316% 597 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 246%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 340GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 94 95 95 95 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 118 Write 109 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 94.4 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR1 2x8GB 2,335 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 25.4 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 79%

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

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Gaming 69%

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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 $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 $131	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