Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.7% 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	271% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3 DDR3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '18 at 12:05
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 as expected (49^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 86.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 242 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 707 67% 557 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 69.7 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 61.8 57% 67.3 fps	MRender 69.7 Gravity 65.3 Splatting 53.7 50% 62.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 392GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,315 Write 1,446 Mixed 1,412 381% 1,724 MB/s	4K Read 60.4 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 54.9 232% 82.9 MB/s	DQ Read 544 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 179 204% 355 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 254%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 5TB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 69.9 Mixed 51.5 56% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 3.03 4K Mixed 0.61 167% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 128%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 76GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 62 Write 53.6 Mixed 45.6 40% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.33 67% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 123%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 8GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 237 Write 45.6 Mixed 31.6 94% 105 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 7.45 4K Mixed 4.3 437% 7.29 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 816 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.7% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 17.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 18.9 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 106%

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

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Gaming 29%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 25%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	65x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	50x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	24x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	8x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	7x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $339

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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