Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 134% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	159% 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.
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 (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5431 x 3055 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '20 at 06:29
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	60%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 135 2-Core 238 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 715 71% 577 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2281) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	159% Outstanding	Lighting 219 Reflection 230 Parallax 249 179% 233 fps	MRender 266 Gravity 219 Splatting 147 166% 211 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-820 240GB 5,703 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 33 42 39 39 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 54% Great: 87%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 13GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 417 Write 474 Mixed 375 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 40.8 156% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 323 243% 325 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 98%
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 767GB free Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2043 1094 631 786 610 592 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1,341 Write 1,306 Mixed 1,479 SusWrite 959 287% 1,271 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 206 4K Mixed 80.5 270% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 998 DQ Write 1,428 DQ Mixed 1,278 948% 1,235 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 284%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 9,293 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.4% Average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 12 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 40.4% 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	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 $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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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