Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	129% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 23:57
Run Duration	91 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 570 76% 571 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1664 MHz, MLim: 1977 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 372.54 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Lighting 94.8 Reflection 99 Parallax 86.3 77% 93.4 fps	MRender 87.5 Gravity 86.3 Splatting 78.7 68% 84.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 66%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 5 Volume 500GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 1,510 Write 438 Mixed 658 189% 869 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 29.2 4K Mixed 12.9 86% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 544 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 17 112% 268 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 207%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2800C16-8GRR 0420 F4-2800C16-8GRK 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2800, 2800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	86% Excellent	MC Read 37 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 26.3 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 28.7 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 86%

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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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	483x
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	437x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	237x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	179x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	118x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	74x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	50x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $506

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16