Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '17 at 03:49
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 811 82% 667 Pts	64-Core 813 50% 813 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 149 Parallax 138 114% 142 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 135 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 176GB free Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 852 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 185 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7077971 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 961 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 63 270583595032 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 98785165335 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1382 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1717 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1615 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1972 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	74.9% Very good	Read 490 Write 223 Mixed 257 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 11.4 106% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 12.2 76% 180 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 107%
Plextor PX-256M7VC 256GB 1,046 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1875 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 455 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 46 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 61476 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1040 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9930 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3310 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9675	84.7% Excellent	Read 514 Write 351 Mixed 354 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 30.1 134% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 42.8 DQ Write 66.6 DQ Mixed 20 25% 43.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 103%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 139 Write 92 Mixed 64.6 73% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 6.05 4K Mixed 0.46 204% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 112GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36178648 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2096 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1656334 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2693 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 856 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 70 370212885 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10138 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 34359738389 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 4187593113932 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6837948081 (F2) Unknown 100 253 110788508419	80.9% Excellent	Read 139 Write 143 Mixed 136 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 31.7 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 44.3 SC Mixed 31.3 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%

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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	483x
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	237x
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 $76Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16