Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	209% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '19 at 01:25
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$59 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 579 8-Core 572 77% 575 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Palit(1569 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1542 MHz, MLim: 1911 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Lighting 89.5 Reflection 89.8 Parallax 87.2 73% 88.9 fps	MRender 85.1 Gravity 79.7 Splatting 70.6 63% 78.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme CX2-8B256-Q11 NV 256GB 1,424 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 48811QC Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 736 744 727 739 713 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,472 Write 771 Mixed 695 SusWrite 688 201% 907 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 67.1 234% 86 MB/s	DQ Read 861 DQ Write 752 DQ Mixed 674 541% 762 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 206%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 32GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 311 295 295 289 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 495 Mixed 389 SusWrite 259 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 68.3 237% 85.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$31 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 377GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 88 90 89 90 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 95.5 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 88.4 61% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$46 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 179 188 195 194 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 147 Write 152 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 185 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 89% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 106%
HUAWEI MMC Storage 8GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 7GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 4.9 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	5.83% Terrible	Read 5.2 Write 5.2 Mixed 3.8 SusWrite 5.2 7% 4.85 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.1 82% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 5.83% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 11,950 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 33 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 29.6 88% 31 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 - $113

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	485x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	440x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	238x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	118x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	74x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	50x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	50x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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