Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	159% 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.

Run History

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3 DDR3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '21 at 21:33
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 760 77% 622 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% 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: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2835 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 143 Parallax 142 109% 139 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 138 Splatting 124 107% 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% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 263 263 263 261 261 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,005 Write 558 Mixed 448 SusWrite 293 127% 576 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 78.2 254% 92.2 MB/s	DQ Read 820 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 93.3 165% 345 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 83GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 445 430 392 389 410 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 419 Write 414 Mixed 340 SusWrite 415 90% 397 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 55.5 186% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 603GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 88 88 89 89 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 136 Write 127 Mixed 69.1 SusWrite 88.5 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 84%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 137 141 140 141 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 137 Write 129 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 140 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 79.3% 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 (78^th percentile)	68.1% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 20.9 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 22 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 72%

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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%

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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