Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.7% 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	231% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3 DDR3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '20 at 00:04
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 780 84% 670 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4993) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 111 Parallax 107 83% 107 fps	MRender 92.8 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 88.6 76% 93 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB 42,173 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 928 1013 516 262 261 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,540 Write 1,110 Mixed 1,000 SusWrite 567 235% 1,054 MB/s	4K Read 67.5 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 87.4 305% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 813 DQ Write 992 DQ Mixed 311 399% 705 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 316GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 443 460 487 489 490 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 476 Mixed 390 SusWrite 432 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 67 228% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 286GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 128 126 127 128 130 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 93 Write 81.8 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 127 67% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 84%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 147 150 149 151 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 134 Write 129 Mixed 69 SusWrite 148 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	68% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 21.6 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 72%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF Builds (Compare 284 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 29%

Raft

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 25%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	65x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	50x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	24x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	20x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	8x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	7x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $339

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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) $31	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