Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	135% 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	189% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3 DDR3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF (all builds)
Memory	13 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 24 '21 at 00:29
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$379 502,549 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 270 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 732 76% 597 Pts	64-Core 726 49% 726 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$808 606,069 User benchmarks, average bench 136% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	135% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 187 Parallax 193 135% 182 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 176 Splatting 124 136% 145 fps
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 150%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB 25,055 User benchmarks, average bench 182% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 263 263 263 262 260 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 1,398 Write 1,085 Mixed 963 SusWrite 268 207% 928 MB/s	4K Read 58.8 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 79.2 266% 93.2 MB/s	DQ Read 817 DQ Write 699 DQ Mixed 250 326% 589 MB/s
Poor: 111% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 234%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$125 620,644 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 83GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 428 476 471 471 469 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 439 Mixed 378 SusWrite 419 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 59 195% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 132%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$46 136,739 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 603GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 89 90 88 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 130 Write 135 Mixed 92.5 SusWrite 89 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 85%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 8,612 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 140 142 142 141 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 147 Write 129 Mixed 58 SusWrite 136 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 79,684 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 21.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.8% 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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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $188Bench 80%, 307,632 samples	83x
Core i7-6700KIntel $265Bench 84%, 483,301 samples	52x
Core i5-6500Intel $176Bench 72%, 184,666 samples	46x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,090,662 samples	34x
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 51%, 656,857 samples	34x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,087,008 samples	23x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 105%, 762,576 samples	16x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 110%, 620,644 samples	10x
M500 240GBCrucial $70Bench 75%, 26,174 samples	8x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 79,684 samples	14x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 56%, 40,321 samples	10x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 60%, 35,390 samples	9x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $224	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-10400F $148	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $285	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16