Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics92.1% 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 Drive143% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170-HD3  (all builds)
Memory25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161019
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJan 04 '21 at 14:04
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 27%
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 PC Performing below expectations (29th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
78.6% Very good
Memory 77
1-Core 91.8
2-Core 228
72% 132 Pts
4-Core 431
8-Core 699
69% 565 Pts
64-Core 721
45% 721 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 78.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
92.1% Outstanding
Lighting 107
Reflection 163
Parallax 104
87% 125 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 137
Splatting 120
101% 124 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 92.1%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
99GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 885 906 778 657 572 564 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
143% Outstanding
Read 1,283
Write 1,206
Mixed 314
SusWrite 727
197% 882 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 99.2
4K Mixed 36.5
137% 53.6 MB/s
DQ Read 51.9
DQ Write 189
DQ Mixed 74.2
70% 105 MB/s
Poor: 149%
This bench: 143%
Great: 306%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
637GB free
Firmware: JC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 93 97 97 96 97 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
54.2% Above average
Read 92.8
Write 91
Mixed 70.8
SusWrite 96
65% 87.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 54.2%
Great: 68%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 16GB
15GB free, PID 556b
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.3 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
10.6% Very poor
Read 17.8
Write 3.5
Mixed 4.3
SusWrite 3.5
7% 7.27 MB/s
4K Read 4.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 2.9
183% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 10.6%
Great: 13%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
53.8% Above average
MC Read 18.6
MC Write 21.3
MC Mixed 18.3
55% 19.4 GB/s
SC Read 11.5
SC Write 18.3
SC Mixed 11.9
40% 13.9 GB/s
Latency 86.2
46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 53.8%
Great: 99%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170-HD3-CF Builds (Compare 1,621 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 48%
Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 - $113

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $466
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