Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	159% 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	82.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '21 at 01:14
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 212 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 442 58% 437 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$600 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Asus(1043 8813) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	159% Outstanding	Lighting 234 Reflection 215 Parallax 206 191% 218 fps	MRender 253 Gravity 156 Splatting 127 140% 178 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SNVS1000GB 1TB 6,196 User benchmarks, average bench 161% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8442101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 14 18 182 124 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 1,077 Write 872 Mixed 48.6 SusWrite 125 116% 531 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 11.1 4K Mixed 2.8 66% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 618 DQ Write 13.3 DQ Mixed 25.2 91% 219 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 228%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 462 Write 410 Mixed 378 93% 417 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 59.3 198% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 356 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 95GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 129 148 147 158 143 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 148 Write 124 Mixed 85.4 SusWrite 144 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 219% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-4GRR Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 04CD F4-2400C15-4GRR Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.7 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 76%

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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 $133	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