Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.3% 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	82% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '16 at 17:24
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 360 43% 331 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 121 Parallax 102 98% 115 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 106 Splatting 100 83% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 100 49 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 35 (A9) Unknown 100 100 33 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 20 (AE) Unknown 100 100 70 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 100 206158430241 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3543 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1542 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2342	82% Excellent	Read 499 Write 360 Mixed 410 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 4.46 108% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 28.3 81% 171 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 86%
Seagate ST3750640NS P 750GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 374GB free Firmware: 3.BUF Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 525 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15294101 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1241 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 166 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 42 7615716720682 (C2) HDA temperature 42 58 81604378666 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 86 60 73189094 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	36.7% Below average	Read 64.9 Write 62.9 Mixed 59 47% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.41 90% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB-$227 628 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	86% Excellent	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 29.3 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

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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 $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	478x
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	178x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	117x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	73x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	50x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $466

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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