Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	73.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '22 at 05:19
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 84.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 634 64% 519 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 5180) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 138 Parallax 0.2 102% 87.7 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 132 Splatting 117 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 256GB 4,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 82 72 39 99 158 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 441 Write 157 Mixed 149 SusWrite 91.1 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 32.8 142% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 114 100% 151 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 97%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 163GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 107 108 105 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 164 Write 137 Mixed 57 SusWrite 106 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 140% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 163 164 170 164 170 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 48.8 Write 70.8 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 166 68% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.6 218% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 92%
Seagate BUP Portable 5TB 5,996 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3TB free Firmware: 1707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 117 121 122 120 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 73.1 Write 108 Mixed 77 SusWrite 119 70% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.6 171% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 69%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,232 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 219GB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 122 123 115 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 48.2 Write 83.7 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 116 120% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.5 200% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 4x8GB 1,246 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 21.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 22.2 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 84%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P - $113

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	808x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	550x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	302x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	271x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	262x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	239x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	145x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	103x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $552

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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