Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '18 at 15:36
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (41^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 148 2-Core 297 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 560 76% 564 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6797) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 3102 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 193 Parallax 173 126% 173 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 156 Splatting 111 104% 130 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 474 Write 440 Mixed 209 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 11.1 4K Mixed 0.3 14% 5.53 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 17.3 DQ Mixed 192 138% 187 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 95%
OCZ-TRION150 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 183 183 186 182 187 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	103% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 142 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 184 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$101 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 37GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 117 120 117 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 109 Write 110 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 117 67% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C17-8GNT 04CD F4-2400C15-8GNT 16GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.7% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 20.5 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 83%

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

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 - $113

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	483x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	437x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	237x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	179x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	118x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	74x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $506

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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