Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	45.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	5.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161109
Uptime	14.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '18 at 19:22
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 725 71% 583 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 145 Parallax 138 106% 138 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 131 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 47 44 49 48 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 338 Write 159 Mixed 202 SusWrite 44.6 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 18.2 77% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 31.5 52% 103 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 78%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$39 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 74GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 353 454 461 462 466 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 444 Mixed 420 SusWrite 435 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 54.1 182% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 295 241% 343 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 128 129 128 127 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 134 Write 86.5 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 127 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 762GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 161 162 164 164 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 140 Mixed 102 SusWrite 162 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 109%
Relay UFD 1GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 540a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.6 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	4.04% Terrible	Read 15.7 Write 3 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 4.5 8% 7.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.04% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71% Very good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 23.7 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22.8 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 85%

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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%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 - $113

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	479x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	437x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	193x

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	73x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	57x
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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $457

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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