Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.2% 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	43.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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 (19%). 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	17.1 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '19 at 05:58
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 83.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 94% 174 Pts	4-Core 577 8-Core 576 77% 577 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3792) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2007 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.2% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 103 Parallax 100 83% 102 fps	MRender 84.7 Gravity 93.3 Splatting 77.7 69% 85.2 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE300000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 85 80 87 88 88 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 459 Write 134 Mixed 194 SusWrite 83.4 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 20.2 65% 16.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 53%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$33 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 289GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 105 105 105 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 112 Write 112 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 104 73% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 99U5402-461.A00LF 99U5402-461.A00LF 0215 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 20GB 1493, 1493, 1493, 1493 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.6% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 17.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns

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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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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

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