Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	273% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161109
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '18 at 05:52
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 210 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 382 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 80.2 Reflection 82.2 Parallax 75.5 65% 79.3 fps	MRender 79.3 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 66.7 59% 73.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 367GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1305 1190 613 616 616 616 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2,237 Write 2008 Mixed 1,480 SusWrite 826 366% 1,638 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 77.3 258% 89.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,325 DQ Write 1,063 DQ Mixed 1,145 870% 1,178 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 340%
SanDisk X110 256GB-$100 4,989 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 209GB free Firmware: X231600 SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 422 425 425 425 425 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 399 Mixed 220 SusWrite 424 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 33.1 136% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 124 125% 204 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 100%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 171GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 457 459 461 461 460 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 452 Mixed 367 SusWrite 459 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 45.9 169% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 345 264% 356 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 134GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 73 72 74 75 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 87.5 Write 91.2 Mixed 43 SusWrite 74.6 54% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 74%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$89 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 448GB free Firmware: CC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 107 108 110 109 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 65 Write 62.7 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 109 53% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.5% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.6 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 104%

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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	481x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	437x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	194x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	235x
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 $48Bench 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 $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16