Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.4% 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	21.6% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	38.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '18 at 23:08
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 226 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 427 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 112 Parallax 96.2 91% 107 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 100 Splatting 96.2 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-agility2 3.5 90GB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 35 33 32 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 90.3 Write 70.7 Mixed 78 SusWrite 35.3 15% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 9 4K Mixed 11.1 46% 12.6 MB/s	DQ Read 63.8 DQ Write 26.7 DQ Mixed 33.1 28% 41.2 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 47%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 148GB free Firmware: 1AA01109 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 63 65 64 67 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 69.7 Write 29.7 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 65.2 39% 52.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 209% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 60%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$194 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 139GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 80 84 72 91 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 80.8 Write 115 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 85.4 62% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 98%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 968GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 73 78 71 73 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	41% Average	Read 69 Write 77.8 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 73.8 50% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.5% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 23.8 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 16.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 95%

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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	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	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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $506

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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