Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.9% 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	122% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '21 at 23:40
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 526 62% 479 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8620) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.9% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 131 Parallax 121 94% 122 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 125 Splatting 112 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 234GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 371 361 365 362 365 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 459 Mixed 399 SusWrite 366 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 65.3 212% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 338 258% 348 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 482 486 494 494 493 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 490 Mixed 381 SusWrite 479 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 65.5 195% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 100GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 93 96 96 96 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 83.7 Write 79.7 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 95.5 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 68GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 161 160 162 162 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 179 Mixed 101 SusWrite 158 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1D3000C16 0215 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 28.9 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 30.9 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 94%

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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 $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