Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics75.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive78.5% 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.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170-HD3  (all builds)
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151218
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateApr 28 '17 at 01:01
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600-$132
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
93.9% Outstanding
Memory 92.7
1-Core 139
2-Core 278
94% 170 Pts
4-Core 549
8-Core 551
74% 550 Pts
64-Core 551
34% 551 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 93.9%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
75.9% Very good
Lighting 96.2
Reflection 96.3
Parallax 79.1
78% 90.5 fps
MRender 84.7
Gravity 86.3
Splatting 88.1
71% 86.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 75.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
247GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
78.5% Very good
Read 514
Write 415
Mixed 418
100% 449 MB/s
4K Read 29.4
4K Write 40.7
4K Mixed 23.9
97% 31.3 MB/s
DQ Read 78.7
DQ Write 67.7
DQ Mixed 33
36% 59.8 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 78.5%
Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
78.5% Very good
Read 518
Write 418
Mixed 419
100% 452 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 36.7
4K Mixed 23.8
96% 30.2 MB/s
DQ Read 78.9
DQ Write 67.4
DQ Mixed 29.9
34% 58.7 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 78.5%
Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
153GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
91.1% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 148
Mixed 138
114% 152 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.09
4K Mixed 0.26
88% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 91.1%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2080 MHz
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
77.1% Very good
MC Read 27.6
MC Write 28.7
MC Mixed 24.9
77% 27.1 GB/s
SC Read 18.7
SC Write 29.4
SC Mixed 23.1
68% 23.7 GB/s
Latency 62.8
64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 77.1%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170-HD3-CF Builds (Compare 1,621 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 48%
Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 - $113

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $466
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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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