Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


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 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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	77.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '18 at 23:28
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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 i5-6600K-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 589 8-Core 574 78% 582 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6797) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 197 Parallax 179 148% 186 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 180 Splatting 124 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 129 119 79 166 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 451 Write 420 Mixed 338 SusWrite 135 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 34.4 118% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 188 179% 281 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 95%
OCZ-TRION150 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 180 187 186 189 190 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 167 Write 156 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 186 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 87% Great: 103%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$97 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 108GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 115 117 113 117 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 136 Write 152 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 115 76% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 144% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C17-8GNT 04CD F4-2400C15-8GNT 16GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	68.4% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 20.7 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 21.1 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 83%

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

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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 $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	484x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	437x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	237x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	118x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	74x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	50x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Total price: $635

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16