Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% 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.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '19 at 17:17
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 702 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 200 Parallax 202 123% 184 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 186 Splatting 122 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,771 Write 5,235 Mixed 6365 1,502% 6,790 MB/s	4K Read 565 4K Write 283 4K Mixed 330 1,429% 393 MB/s	DQ Read 1,356 DQ Write 875 DQ Mixed 990 772% 1,074 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 917GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 154 151 155 152 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 152 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 63GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 75 76 76 76 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 79.7 Write 71.3 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 74.8 52% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 70%
Seagate Ultra Slim MT 2TB 1,663 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 960GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 87 88 90 94 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 86.7 Write 106 Mixed 89 SusWrite 92.2 69% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.6 168% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 66%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 871GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 109 109 109 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 108 Write 106 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 108 119% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.2 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 85%

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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 $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 $124	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