Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	175% 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.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3P
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '19 at 20:49
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 242 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 465 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.6% Below average	Lighting 39.6 Reflection 31.1 Parallax 37.2 32% 35.9 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 38.4 Splatting 35.3 30% 37.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$70 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 423GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 812 101 139 100 102 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,332 Write 1,340 Mixed 967 SusWrite 226 216% 967 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 73.9 239% 90.7 MB/s	DQ Read 635 DQ Write 856 DQ Mixed 267 335% 586 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 255%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 194GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 113 113 114 114 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 137 Write 105 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 112 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 219% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$31 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 123GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 83 84 84 84 84 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 78 Write 79 Mixed 48.2 SusWrite 82.3 53% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 60%
WD My Book 25EE 6TB 6,646 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 130 132 131 133 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 136 Write 124 Mixed 102 SusWrite 131 166% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 123% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 103%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 814GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 41 41 42 41 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	21% Poor	Read 35.8 Write 37 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 40.8 49% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 22%
SMI USB DISK 32GB 2,654 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 30GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 18 20 16 21 20 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 15.8 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 19.1 35% 27 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.8 119% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 33%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 232GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 61 61 61 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Read 67.5 Write 68.5 Mixed 54 SusWrite 61 85% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 78% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.1% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 24.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 107%

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P - $113

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	818x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	557x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	304x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	275x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	264x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	242x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	146x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	77x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	56x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	104x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	90x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $547

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16