Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '17 at 08:05
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 589 8-Core 592 79% 591 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Lighting 87 Reflection 84.3 Parallax 77.7 71% 83 fps	MRender 81.6 Gravity 77.2 Splatting 77.1 64% 78.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1129 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 547 (A5) Unknown 100 100 365103349966 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 120 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 41 253403070501 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 292061839428 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1037 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1884 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1414 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5074 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73.2% Very good	Read 511 Write 399 Mixed 409 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 0.04 72% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 6.31 62% 140 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 86%
WD WD1001FALS-00Y6A0 2TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 175 5458 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 283 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 361 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 205 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3713 (C2) HDA temperature 128 118 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81% Excellent	Read 160 Write 122 Mixed 137 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.25 100% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 96%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 843GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 167 2083 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 256 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 386 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 204 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 890 (C2) HDA temperature 120 114 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	91.4% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 156 Mixed 147 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.29 121% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 33.8 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 30.8 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 98%

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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 $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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $466

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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