Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	43.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '17 at 02:47
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 145 2-Core 293 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 587 78% 587 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1200 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.3.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Lighting 56.6 Reflection 37.5 Parallax 70.6 46% 54.9 fps	MRender 36 Gravity 55.8 Splatting 47.1 38% 46.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3610 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1865 (B1) Unknown 98 98 37 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 95 95 4523 (EB) Unknown 99 99 265 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13150020191	114% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 420 Mixed 420 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 42.9 180% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 27.2 91% 198 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 168GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 159 4916 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7277 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18565 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5979 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 703 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7271 (C2) HDA temperature 115 92 32 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.8% Average	Read 98.3 Write 75 Mixed 90.8 66% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.33 95% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905622-057.A00G 2x4GB 2,197 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 25.8 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 26.7 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 76%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

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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 $94Bench 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	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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $457

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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