Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '19 at 18:28
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	LKA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th 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 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 700 65% 539 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Ram: 4GB, Driver: 344.75 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.5% Above average	Lighting 61.5 Reflection 58.5 Parallax 49.3 50% 56.4 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 63.6 Splatting 54.1 51% 64 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 9GB free Firmware: 603A SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 66 52 71 58 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 189 Write 124 Mixed 162 SusWrite 60.5 30% 134 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 31.3 138% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 89.8 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 79.5 68% 97.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 73%
Toshib DT01ACA050 500GB 566 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS1O SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 57 63 32 65 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 80.5 Write 40.8 Mixed 26 SusWrite 53.8 37% 50.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 93% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 110GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 121 121 120 121 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 123 Write 101 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 122 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TS512MLH64V1H 0420 0215 CMK8GX4M1A2666C16 16GB 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	72.6% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 24.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	479x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	437x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	194x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	234x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	179x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	117x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	74x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $506

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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