Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	17.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '20 at 22:01
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Memory 83.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 199 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 199 8-Core 338 33% 268 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 75 Parallax 65.6 62% 72.5 fps	MRender 63.8 Gravity 70 Splatting 71.3 56% 68.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 234 203 197 184 159 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 436 Write 324 Mixed 358 SusWrite 215 75% 333 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 36.2 142% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 352 262% 348 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 122%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 97 102 113 116 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 69 Write 98.5 Mixed 11 SusWrite 106 51% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 51GB free Firmware: CR100-06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 43 46 33 36 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	23.3% Poor	Read 40 Write 48.7 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 41 28% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 82% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 26.6 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 87%

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

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 48%

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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 $75Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $506

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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16