Gigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics101% 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 Drive65% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte Z170X-GAMING 3  (all builds)
Memory10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160603
Uptime5 Days
Run DateSep 15 '20 at 04:38
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User FIN-User
Background CPU 17%
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 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
79.5% Very good
Memory 79.4
1-Core 134
2-Core 249
85% 154 Pts
4-Core 428
8-Core 695
69% 561 Pts
64-Core 706
44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.5%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 128
Reflection 135
Parallax 126
104% 130 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 129
Splatting 109
94% 116 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston RBU-SC100S37256GD 256GB
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S8FM06.9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 75 128 204 103 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
65% Good
Read 470
Write 432
Mixed 226
SusWrite 118
69% 312 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 76.6
4K Mixed 22
103% 40.4 MB/s
DQ Read 139
DQ Write 226
DQ Mixed 70
85% 145 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 65%
Great: 85%
Kingston SUV500240G 240GB
65GB free
Firmware: 003056RI
SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 117 119 107 98 115 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
81.9% Excellent
Read 450
Write 406
Mixed 319
SusWrite 139
73% 328 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 78.9
4K Mixed 41.7
139% 49.8 MB/s
DQ Read 311
DQ Write 236
DQ Mixed 166
153% 238 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 81.9%
Great: 89%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55
699GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 77 77 78 78 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
43.7% Average
Read 74.8
Write 73.7
Mixed 49.5
SusWrite 77.2
51% 68.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 19%
This bench: 43.7%
Great: 54%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
45.6% Average
MC Read 16.7
MC Write 16.3
MC Mixed 14.1
45% 15.7 GB/s
SC Read 12.9
SC Write 15.1
SC Mixed 13
39% 13.7 GB/s
Latency 81.7
49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 45.6%
Great: 105%

 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 2,682 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: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $625
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