Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.1% 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	96.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '19 at 00:53
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 460 68% 497 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.1% Very good	Lighting 96.6 Reflection 106 Parallax 88.8 79% 97 fps	MRender 91.8 Gravity 93.8 Splatting 95.3 77% 93.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 258 256 248 253 251 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 323 Mixed 298 SusWrite 260 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 45.2 171% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 149 137% 206 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$110 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 89 90 93 94 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 82.3 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 88.7 62% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.5 179% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$110 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 165GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 169 171 172 167 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 98.5 Write 145 Mixed 58 SusWrite 166 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.6 222% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 90%
Toshiba E300 2TB-$69 2,046 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 5GB free Firmware: MZ4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 74 75 72 74 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 62.5 Write 73.5 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 73.4 43% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 86%
WD My Passport 07A8 1TB 5,659 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 32GB free, PID 07a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 39 39 39 38 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 100 Write 38.5 Mixed 42.3 SusWrite 38.3 64% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 108% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.3% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 20.5 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P - $113

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	809x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	550x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	302x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	271x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	262x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	239x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	145x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	103x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $552

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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