Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	316% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '17 at 11:46
Run Duration	83 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$133 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 148 2-Core 295 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 591 79% 592 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 159 Parallax 137 125% 150 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 144 Splatting 115 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	316% Outstanding	Read 2,705 Write 1,204 Mixed 1,343 384% 1,751 MB/s	4K Read 67.5 4K Write 250 4K Mixed 50.3 299% 123 MB/s	DQ Read 1,189 DQ Write 927 DQ Mixed 280 421% 799 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 316% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BD160BJ.M8F 1315 CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 1315 CT51264BD160BJ.M8F 1315 CT51264BA160BJ.M8F 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1840, 1840, 1840, 1840 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 23.1 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 85%

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

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Gaming 29%

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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	23x
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 $131	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