Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '19 at 16:50
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 93.9 2-Core 177 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 502 54% 428 Pts	64-Core 558 34% 558 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 80%

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: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 135 Parallax 115 103% 125 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 123 Splatting 104 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 779GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 103 125 56 118 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 128 Write 132 Mixed 61 SusWrite 91.6 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 32GB 7,326 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 20GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 4.7 3.8 3.7 4.2 3.9 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	5.92% Terrible	Read 27.5 Write 2.5 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 3.9 8% 9.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.92% Great: 20%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 32GB 7,326 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 13GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 4 4.2 4 3.7 4.2 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 36 Write 1.5 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 4 9% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Mixed 0 37% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 20%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 32GB 7,326 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 5GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.2 3.7 4.5 4.1 4 4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	3.65% Terrible	Read 15.8 Write 4 Mixed 6 SusWrite 4.2 8% 7.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.65% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 25.6 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 18.4 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 88%

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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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	481x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	437x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	236x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	179x
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	55x
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	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $506

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16