Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.33% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 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-HD3P
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '20 at 17:31
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$76 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 96.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 221 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 319 43% 321 Pts	64-Core 325 20% 325 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.7989 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.33% Terrible	Lighting 6.53 Reflection 10.1 Parallax 6.81 5% 7.81 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 5.87 Splatting 14.1 8% 9.59 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.33% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$60 1,772 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,235 Write 529 Mixed 423 159% 729 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 53.6 199% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,081 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 212 259% 484 MB/s
Poor: 113% Great: 213%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 110GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 74 73 73 72 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 62 Mixed 46 SusWrite 73 45% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 62%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 3GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 65 Write 63.2 Mixed 25.2 38% 51.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 70% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 8GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 79 78 75 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 72 Write 73 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 75.7 48% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 84%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 453GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 120 121 121 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 118 Write 110 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 120 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 83 60 46 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 81.5 Write 56.7 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 71.8 46% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 60% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 39 Write 51 Mixed 28.2 29% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.4 59% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 67%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 653GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 89 89 88 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 117 Write 108 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 88 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 83%
WD Red 6TB (2019)-$129 374 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 162 165 162 165 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 166 Mixed 102 SusWrite 164 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 6.8 4K Mixed 0.8 282% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 7,238 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 20.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 21.8 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 111%

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P - $113

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	809x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	550x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	302x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	271x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	262x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	239x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	145x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	103x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $552

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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