Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	268% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '19 at 02:50
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 704 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 74.6 63% 76.2 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 73.8 60% 72.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 676GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1052 1284 1430 1470 1474 1470 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 1,501 Write 1,510 Mixed 1111 SusWrite 1,363 309% 1,371 MB/s	4K Read 60.3 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 81.6 288% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 682 DQ Write 943 DQ Mixed 272 357% 632 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 295%
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 223GB free Firmware: O1203AB SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 79 55 55 55 54 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 426 Write 303 Mixed 309 SusWrite 87 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 36.5 156% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 248 207% 297 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 92%
SanDisk SSD 256GB-$150 2,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 238GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 339 364 367 365 362 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 426 Write 308 Mixed 120 SusWrite 347 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 12.9 4K Mixed 9.3 44% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 36.1 DQ Write 12 DQ Mixed 14.3 13% 20.8 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 54%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 642GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 168 168 168 168 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 165 Mixed 96.3 SusWrite 166 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 4x4GB 702 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.8 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.5 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 101%

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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