Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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	56.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P (all builds)
Memory	58.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '21 at 22:10
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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 below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 238 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 709 67% 553 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 139 Parallax 142 108% 138 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 138 Splatting 116 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 210 223 193 217 184 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.8% Above average	Read 245 Write 199 Mixed 195 SusWrite 195 47% 208 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 33.7 4K Mixed 25.5 92% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 162 118% 157 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 104%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 162 165 169 164 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 175 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 165 99% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 138% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3000 4x16GB 266 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.4% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 21.7 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 22.1 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 107%

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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 51%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P - $113

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	815x
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	554x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	304x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	274x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	262x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	242x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	145x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	56x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	103x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $557

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16