Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	124% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3 DDR3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF (all builds)
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '19 at 02:50
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 241 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 664 67% 546 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 268GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 378 355 346 337 341 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 463 Mixed 394 SusWrite 366 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 62 213% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$130 3,931 User benchmarks, average bench 236% 1.5TB free Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1360 886 861 854 765 650 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 1,599 Write 1,866 Mixed 1,345 SusWrite 896 321% 1,427 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 53.9 204% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,341 DQ Write 1,192 DQ Mixed 1262 948% 1,265 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 322%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$94 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 556GB free Firmware: 01.01M03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 166 165 167 165 168 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 116 Write 119 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 166 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.6 180% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 111%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 202 203 211 201 211 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 138 Mixed 104 SusWrite 204 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 201 200 204 194 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 156 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 199 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.7% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 88%

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Gaming 29%

Raft

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 25%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	65x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	50x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	24x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	23x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	8x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	7x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $339

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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