Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% 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	68.6% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '23 at 20:39
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 235 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 605 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% XFX(1EAE 6606) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 22.20.27.09 Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 134 Parallax 298 109% 189 fps	MRender 247 Gravity 148 Splatting 201 162% 199 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 256GB-$99 2,341 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 179 78 112 55 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 405 Write 386 Mixed 195 SusWrite 114 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 29.2 106% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 214 179% 263 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 97%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 904GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 431 445 444 480 479 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 423 Mixed 413 SusWrite 442 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 47.9 154% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 310 246% 344 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
T-force T253TY002T 2TB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2TB free Firmware: V0718B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 401 414 414 446 449 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 457 Write 399 Mixed 364 SusWrite 414 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 19.7 100% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 32.1 80% 160 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-2400 4x8GB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 27.2 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 25 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 115%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	23.8"	1920 1017	HKC2413 24N1A

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Gaming 61%

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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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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