Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	124% 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	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.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3 DDR3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 09 '19 at 05:24
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 700 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.3 85% 105 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 101 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$175 12,594 User benchmarks, average bench 134% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 418 500 511 513 513 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 536 Write 524 Mixed 385 SusWrite 475 108% 480 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 33.7 148% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 770 DQ Write 520 DQ Mixed 490 407% 593 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 162%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 99GB free Firmware: LCSi SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 159 155 143 153 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 292 Write 214 Mixed 226 SusWrite 151 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 45.6 168% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 187 156% 227 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 302GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 46 48 48 48 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 104 Write 44.7 Mixed 49 SusWrite 47.2 45% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 80%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 780GB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 135 131 137 138 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 162 Write 148 Mixed 30 SusWrite 136 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 78% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 98%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 137 134 137 139 136 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 111 Write 115 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 136 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 86%
WD WD5000AVVS-63H0B1 500GB 11,411 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 368GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 71 73 74 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 79.5 Write 74.3 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 72.8 51% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 51%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 609GB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 151 151 152 153 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 151 Write 150 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 152 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 98%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 15GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 4.1 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.3 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 21.2 Write 14.5 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 4.4 16% 13.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 2.4 153% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	68.2% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 21.7 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 21.7 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 80%

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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	24x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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