Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.9% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '18 at 00:19
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 455 60% 453 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55% Above average	Lighting 69.2 Reflection 69.2 Parallax 63.8 56% 67.4 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 65.3 Splatting 56.3 52% 65.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 266 175 136 150 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 444 Write 341 Mixed 298 SusWrite 184 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 36.9 132% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 185 170% 258 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 103%
Sandisk SD8SN8U128G1001 128GB 1,303 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 119GB free Firmware: X4133001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 105 102 103 102 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 456 Write 331 Mixed 310 SusWrite 136 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 44 156% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 229 197% 292 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 326GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 189 188 190 190 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 160 Mixed 83 SusWrite 188 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 201 203 203 202 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 150 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 200 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[2/7/4]202[F/T] 8394 99[2/7/4]202F 8394 99[2/7/4]202[F/T] 8394 99[2/7/4]202F 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.9% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21.7 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 77%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

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