Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.4% 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	106% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	May 29 '20 at 08:44
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 544 72% 542 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 101 90% 109 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 104 Splatting 106 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 258 261 244 214 258 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 473 Mixed 352 SusWrite 254 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 50.1 180% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 252 214% 315 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 111%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 16GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 127 148 170 164 152 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 156 Write 162 Mixed 98.2 SusWrite 147 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF1X08QFHH39-135-K 2x8GB 1,600 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 29.4 94% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 30.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 109%

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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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	481x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	437x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	194x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	235x
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 $90Bench 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 $48Bench 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 $40
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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16