Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	71.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3 DDR3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '18 at 12:51
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$113 342,244 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)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 532 73% 542 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 147 Parallax 142 111% 142 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 133 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21432 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1571 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 37 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 417 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25314039146	71.9% Very good	Read 513 Write 235 Mixed 221 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 18.8 118% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 42 DQ Write 77.4 DQ Mixed 14.4 24% 44.6 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 126%
OCZ Trion 150 120GB-$50 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 47GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1945 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 465 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 108 (C2) HDA temperature 65 60 171799674915 (F1) Unknown 100 100 64287	81.8% Excellent	Read 518 Write 339 Mixed 344 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 9.68 98% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 44.4 100% 208 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C11D3L/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C11D3L/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2600, 2600, 2600, 2600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 26.9 86% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 23.8 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 71%

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

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Typical GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF Builds (Compare 286 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 29%

Raft

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 25%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	65x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	52x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	24x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	20x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
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: $329

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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