Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	199% 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	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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '20 at 17:10
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 74.6 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 200 70% 125 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 388 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 13D3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.4% Very good	Lighting 90.8 Reflection 89.6 Parallax 83.2 74% 87.9 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 79.4 Splatting 71.1 69% 86.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45 55,360 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 356GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 612 378 402 397 402 391 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,203 Write 682 Mixed 1,289 SusWrite 430 202% 901 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 72.6 250% 91.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,208 DQ Write 898 DQ Mixed 1,075 798% 1,060 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 253%
WDISKER-DS64 63GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 56GB free Firmware: L0117A SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 101 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 237 Write 102 Mixed 130 SusWrite 99.6 32% 142 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 13.9 4K Mixed 12.5 60% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 66.9 DQ Write 22 DQ Mixed 14.4 18% 34.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 35%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 44GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 131 130 125 132 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 357 Write 154 Mixed 188 SusWrite 129 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 39 143% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 158 121% 165 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 82%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 53GB free Firmware: UG2204RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 163 170 161 84 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 437 Write 371 Mixed 189 SusWrite 155 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 10.6 69% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 32 45% 82.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 251GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 71 73 70 70 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 89.5 Write 97.9 Mixed 50 SusWrite 71 56% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 68%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 221GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 89 88 89 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 92.1 Write 88.2 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 88.2 63% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX3000C15D4/8GX 16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.2% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 12.6 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 11.7 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 91.2 44% 91.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 87%

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P - $113

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	810x
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	272x
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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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