Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.1% 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	52.5% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151013
Uptime	9.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '21 at 16:21
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 249 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 638 67% 537 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 13A3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.1% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 104 Parallax 114 92% 110 fps	MRender 163 Gravity 103 Splatting 96.4 96% 121 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 77 72 81 81 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 217 Write 135 Mixed 196 SusWrite 78.1 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 20.2 115% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 83.5 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 105 83% 113 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 22GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 87 87 87 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	50% Average	Read 87.3 Write 90.7 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 86.4 60% 81 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,774 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 523GB free, PID a208 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 95 96 95 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 95.1 Write 96.4 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 95.3 108% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 86% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905599-020.A00G 2x8GB 379 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 19.8 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 21.4 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 63 63% 63 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 76%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	6	144	27"	1280 720	GSM5B7F 27GL850

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Gaming 61%

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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 $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	478x
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	178x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	117x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	73x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	50x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $466

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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