Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '19 at 21:03
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 708 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.8% Very good	Lighting 104 Reflection 117 Parallax 107 85% 109 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 0.04 47% 65.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 17 32 25 27 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Read 67.7 Write 70.5 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 26.2 41% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 69%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 466GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 108 113 115 113 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 115 Write 106 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 113 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2x4GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.7% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 13.5 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 107%

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

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 - $113

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	481x
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	236x
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 $80Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $506

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16