Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '21 at 21:14
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 83.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 255 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 710 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 113 Parallax 104 93% 110 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 103 Splatting 101 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 128GB-$170 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 169 167 166 171 170 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 434 Write 390 Mixed 223 SusWrite 168 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 34.1 128% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 199 166% 243 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 92%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 147GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 389 109 172 112 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 443 Write 422 Mixed 344 SusWrite 220 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 38.3 123% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 201 192% 302 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 101%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 173 173 173 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 173 Mixed 29.4 SusWrite 171 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 168% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 1302 2400 C15 Series 1302 3000 C16 Series 1302 2400 C15 Series 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.4% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 24.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 74%

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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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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 48%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 - $113

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	478x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	437x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	193x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	234x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	178x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	117x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	73x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	50x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $466

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