Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	227% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3 DDR3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '21 at 17:02
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 87.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 93% 171 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 778 81% 650 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 143 Parallax 141 108% 139 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 137 Splatting 123 106% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB 42,173 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 979 1053 1053 779 164 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1417 Write 967 Mixed 975 SusWrite 696 226% 1,014 MB/s	4K Read 60.8 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 82.1 282% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 818 DQ Write 1,010 DQ Mixed 311 402% 713 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 105GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 477 468 473 469 452 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 436 Mixed 376 SusWrite 463 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 65.5 216% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 648GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 105 106 105 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 160 Write 151 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 104 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 84%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 141 142 141 142 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 140 Write 134 Mixed 66 SusWrite 141 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 22 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 72%

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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 29%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 25%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	65x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	50x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	24x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	8x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	7x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $339

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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