Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.4% 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 Drive	61.9% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '18 at 05:08
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 221 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 368 54% 397 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 112 Parallax 95.2 87% 105 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 96.7 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 89 89 81 85 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 266 Write 126 Mixed 177 SusWrite 88.4 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 35.2 135% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 82.9 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 101 76% 100 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 73%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 13GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 58 59 58 56 53 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 182 Write 59.8 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 57.4 22% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 31.2 115% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 81.9 DQ Write 61.3 DQ Mixed 66.7 51% 70 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 51%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 76GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 320 318 317 318 304 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 464 Mixed 445 SusWrite 329 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 53.7 191% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 129%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 259GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 95 97 97 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 93 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 96.1 65% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 62%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 32GB 475 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 25GB free, PID 009f Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.1 7.9 7.7 6.5 8 7.2 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 24 Write 4 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 7.5 10% 9.95 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Mixed 0 37% 3.35 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.2% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 25.5 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 24.6 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 107%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

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	194x

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 $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