Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.5% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '17 at 14:32
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	CYP-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 100 2-Core 200 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 783 65% 566 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 375.57 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Lighting 82.7 Reflection 80.6 Parallax 69.8 67% 77.7 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 74.4 Splatting 74.7 61% 73.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC400 256GB-$48 2,939 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 875 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 191 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 604 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262176 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 72 66 146029740060 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1214 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1095 (F2) Unknown 100 100 931 (F4) Unknown 100 100 4 (F5) Unknown 100 100 32 (F6) Unknown 100 100 315520	88.5% Excellent	Read 520 Write 417 Mixed 421 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 11.5 104% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 11.7 84% 195 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 110%
Toshiba DT01ABA200 2TB 2,995 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 487GB free Firmware: MZ4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 87 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21492728080 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2781 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 136 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8798 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 196 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2781 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2781 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 244813987865 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	63.8% Good	Read 110 Write 113 Mixed 124 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.17 66% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	48% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 14 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 13.2 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 88%

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P - $113

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	814x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	554x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	304x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	274x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	262x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	241x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	145x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	56x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	103x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $554

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16