Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 101%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics124% 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 Drive294% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemGigabyte Z170-HD3 DDR3
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF  (all builds)
Memory20.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime7.9 Days
Run DateDec 09 '20 at 15:02
Run Duration204 Seconds
Run User HRV-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (45th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
81.6% Excellent
Memory 79.6
1-Core 139
2-Core 265
88% 161 Pts
4-Core 449
8-Core 759
73% 604 Pts
64-Core 686
42% 686 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 81.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 457.30
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
124% Outstanding
Lighting 169
Reflection 186
Parallax 176
138% 177 fps
MRender 133
Gravity 177
Splatting 121
116% 144 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 124%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$154
436GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1383 1157 1178 1154 1141 1158 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
294% Outstanding
Read 2,297
Write 2,045
Mixed 1299
SusWrite 1,195
382% 1,709 MB/s
4K Read 60.4
4K Write 155
4K Mixed 84.1
282% 99.9 MB/s
DQ Read 997
DQ Write 877
DQ Mixed 942
705% 938 MB/s
Poor: 214%
This bench: 294%
Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
123GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 289 288 294 288 296 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 478
Mixed 353
SusWrite 310
92% 410 MB/s
4K Read 41.9
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 59.5
196% 69.4 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 332
DQ Mixed 359
268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 116%
Great: 124%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110
492GB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 87 88 87 85 88 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
58.8% Above average
Read 118
Write 66.8
Mixed 73.3
SusWrite 86.5
64% 86.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 58.8%
Great: 100%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8GX KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8GX 32GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
52.4% Above average
MC Read 17.5
MC Write 19.7
MC Mixed 16.8
51% 18 GB/s
SC Read 10.3
SC Write 22.1
SC Mixed 18.8
49% 17.1 GB/s
Latency 81.3
49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 52.4%
Great: 74%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF Builds (Compare 284 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 29%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 25%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $339
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