Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	184% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151013
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '20 at 04:15
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (49^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 611 61% 498 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Gigabyte(1458 4004) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	133% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 179 Parallax 192 149% 184 fps	MRender 207 Gravity 162 Splatting 116 127% 162 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 1TB 12,662 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 758GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB411D43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 561 787 790 801 806 818 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 1,624 Write 818 Mixed 761 SusWrite 761 220% 991 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 43.4 149% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 714 DQ Write 493 DQ Mixed 225 270% 477 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 330%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 50GB free Firmware: U21010RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 402 404 410 415 413 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 446 Write 404 Mixed 277 SusWrite 400 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 17.9 119% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 73 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 110 107% 161 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 86%
Sandis S120GG25 120GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 110GB free Firmware: R112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 121 123 127 125 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 352 Write 138 Mixed 186 SusWrite 122 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 38.3 143% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 149 116% 160 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 78%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 320GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 83 86 87 87 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 70.3 Write 63.5 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 86.1 54% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 228GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 109 111 112 112 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 120 Write 87.2 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 112 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB 4,792 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.8 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 106%

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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%

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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	483x
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	237x
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 $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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $506

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16