Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	177% 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 (14%). 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	12.9 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 25 '21 at 16:11
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 (63^rd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 280 92% 169 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 768 77% 624 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% 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 (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 188 Parallax 193 132% 181 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 158 Splatting 123 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% 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: 286 183 317 263 193 293 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 1,330 Write 1,059 Mixed 929 SusWrite 256 199% 893 MB/s	4K Read 57.4 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 72.9 252% 88.5 MB/s	DQ Read 813 DQ Write 528 DQ Mixed 249 299% 530 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 20GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 443 Write 400 Mixed 363 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 62.3 200% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 266 207% 285 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 603GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 85 86 87 87 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 127 Write 129 Mixed 64.9 SusWrite 85.9 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 84%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 134 138 138 135 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 130 Write 114 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 132 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.1% 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 24.6 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.1% 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 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