Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics88.7% 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 Drive65.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.
SystemGigabyte Z170-HD3 DDR3
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF  (all builds)
Memory8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171201
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 09 '18 at 20:53
Run Duration163 Seconds
Run User POL-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
87.8% Excellent
Memory 87.4
1-Core 134
2-Core 265
90% 162 Pts
4-Core 475
8-Core 732
75% 603 Pts
64-Core 741
46% 741 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 87.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.6% Terrible
Lighting 8.33
Reflection 11.7
Parallax 8.41
7% 9.48 fps
MRender 7.05
Gravity 7.5
Splatting 16.6
9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.6%
Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Lighting 113
Reflection 116
Parallax 98.8
92% 109 fps
MRender 98.7
Gravity 100
Splatting 102
82% 100 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251
111GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXT08B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 101 113 105 97 96 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
65.6% Good
Read 451
Write 134
Mixed 143
SusWrite 105
46% 208 MB/s
4K Read 31.3
4K Write 92.3
4K Mixed 25.7
129% 49.8 MB/s
DQ Read 30.6
DQ Write 92.9
DQ Mixed 44
39% 55.8 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 65.6%
Great: 85%
WD Blue 400GB (2008)
166GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 72 86 86 86 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
49.7% Average
Read 89.5
Write 86.3
Mixed 60.1
SusWrite 83.2
59% 79.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.9
181% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 49.7%
Great: 45%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CML8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston 9905403-447.A00LF 12GB
1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
42.5% Average
MC Read 14.2
MC Write 14.8
MC Mixed 12.8
40% 13.9 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 15.5
SC Mixed 15
41% 14.4 GB/s
Latency 70.1
57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 42.5%
Great: 45%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF Builds (Compare 282 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 29%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 25%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $339
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