Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.1% 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)
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '18 at 02:31
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 84.9 1-Core 103 2-Core 204 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 381 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.1% Average	Lighting 60.3 Reflection 67.2 Parallax 59.1 49% 62.2 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 58.4 Splatting 53.6 49% 60.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.1% 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% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,620 Write 1,411 Mixed 582 266% 1,205 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 39.8 178% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 607 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 329 266% 387 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Adata Premier SP550 960GB-$109 1,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 813GB free Firmware: O1126A SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 363 345 106 79 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 442 Write 292 Mixed 324 SusWrite 224 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 38.4 132% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 231 196% 286 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 95%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 175 172 171 172 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 176 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 172 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 251% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 68 67 68 68 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	41% Average	Read 75.3 Write 76.5 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 67.1 51% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 67%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 205GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 124 118 120 121 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 114 Write 120 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 120 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB-$227 628 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 27.8 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 22.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

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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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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	50x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $457

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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