Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.8% 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	90.3% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	17.7 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '20 at 11:58
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th 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-$170 588,978 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)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 218 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 705 68% 558 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3230) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.8% Very good	Lighting 95.9 Reflection 104 Parallax 92.1 78% 97.3 fps	MRender 88 Gravity 89.2 Splatting 84.4 71% 87.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adroitlark 120GB 120GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 137 142 142 142 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 375 Mixed 347 SusWrite 159 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 42 156% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 90.3 134% 251 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 215 216 216 216 213 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 212 Write 182 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 214 126% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2400C15/16G 20GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 16384 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 22.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 74%

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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 $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	484x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	437x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	237x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	118x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	74x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Total price: $635

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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) $29	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