Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	119% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	26.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '18 at 09:30
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 99.6 2-Core 234 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 615 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.3 Reflection 76 Parallax 65.9 61% 72.4 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 71.7 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 373 283 281 137 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 474 Mixed 388 SusWrite 271 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 63.7 214% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 469GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 468 476 486 483 485 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 484 Mixed 455 SusWrite 474 107% 475 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 61 208% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 347 265% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 75GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 469 477 491 490 461 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 465 Mixed 417 SusWrite 472 104% 459 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 64 219% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 135%
Sony Storage Media 2GB 485 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.7 6.1 6 6.1 6.1 6 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	5.67% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 5 Mixed 6 SusWrite 6 10% 8.68 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 28% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.67% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 3,679 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 26.1 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 25 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 115%

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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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	479x
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	179x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	117x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	74x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	58x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $506

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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