Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (11%). 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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '19 at 21:02
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 229 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 646 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 157 131% 116 fps	MRender 0.29 Gravity 173 Splatting 0.22 43% 57.7 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 243 263 243 204 260 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 445 Mixed 349 SusWrite 264 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 48.2 170% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 252 208% 299 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 166 167 170 171 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 152 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 168 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 100%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 8GB-$7 16,591 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 3GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.9 7 7.2 7.1 7.2 6.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 76.3 Write 8.2 Mixed 13.3 SusWrite 7.5 24% 26.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 34% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G KHX2400C15/8G KHX2133C14/8G KHX2133C14/8G 32GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 24.1 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 21.8 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 79%

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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 $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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	50x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $466

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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