Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	208% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '17 at 21:13
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 652 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 90%

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: 388.13 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 183 Parallax 164 139% 173 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 150 Splatting 117 104% 128 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 264GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,993 Write 982 Mixed 1,314 315% 1,430 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 46.9 207% 83.9 MB/s	DQ Read 41.7 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 29.4 49% 90.5 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 230%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 7TB free Firmware: AR17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76023272 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 49 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 149713236 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6518 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 49 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 487915548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 5832 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7359 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 30064771100 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 114 99 76023272 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -140020228811409 (F1) Unknown 100 253 59535621611 (F2) Unknown 100 253 88380907280
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 819 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2TB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 135 Write 137 Mixed 80.4 146% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.14 64% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-3200 2x8GB 795 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.3% Good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 20.2 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 109%

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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%

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Desktop 82%

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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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	50x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $466

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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