Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '20 at 14:38
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 234 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 696 68% 558 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 65.4 65% 74.3 fps	MRender 69.1 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 73.6 59% 71.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 149 158 145 155 155 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 315 Write 168 Mixed 226 SusWrite 149 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 34.3 138% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 116 113% 182 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3320310CS 320GB 4,266 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 38GB free Firmware: SC14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 86 87 87 88 87 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 50.5 Write 46.2 Mixed 32 SusWrite 85.7 39% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 54%
Seagate ST3320310CS 320GB 4,266 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 189GB free Firmware: SC14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 80 81 81 81 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 81.1 Write 79.9 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 79.4 52% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 54%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 59GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 83 84 84 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 71.7 Write 77.5 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 82.4 54% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 2x8GB 16,539 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.4% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 13.3 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 16.1 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 91%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 - $113

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	478x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	437x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	193x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	234x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	178x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	117x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	73x
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	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $457

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16