Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	14.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '18 at 23:05
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 89.5 2-Core 232 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 453 60% 453 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 117 Parallax 110 98% 115 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 101 Splatting 99.3 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,287 Write 925 Mixed 620 208% 944 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 66.4 233% 85.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,190 DQ Write 948 DQ Mixed 991 763% 1043 MB/s
Poor: 159% Great: 353%
WD WD10S21X-24R1BT0-SSHD-8GB 1TB 17,076 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 171GB free Firmware: 03.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 84 86 85 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 96 Write 18.5 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 85.2 44% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 209 210 210 208 211 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 157 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 209 116% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 180GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 203 206 205 207 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 67.5 Mixed 85 SusWrite 203 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB-$227 628 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 28.7 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 31.4 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 69.6 57% 69.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 88%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 - $113

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	478x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	437x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	193x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	234x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	178x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	117x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	73x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	50x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $457

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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