Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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	83.6% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '17 at 13:58
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 225 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 609 65% 520 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 201 Parallax 183 145% 188 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 172 Splatting 125 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plexto PX-128M5S 128GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^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 2011 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2613 (B1) Unknown 100 100 135391 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 324 (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 (F1) Unknown 100 100 331827 (F2) Unknown 100 100 300553	83.6% Excellent	Read 491 Write 204 Mixed 278 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 34.7 135% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 69.1 96% 177 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 282GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 244013032 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4631 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 68579794 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12972 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2421 (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 61 41 709325750311 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 286 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 30 30 140923 (C2) HDA temperature 39 59 -140737488355289 (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 -23411866722063 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13846943377 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33069241957	102% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 183 Mixed 173 133% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.28 86% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5474-050.A00LF 99P5474-050.A00LF 99U5474-023.A00LF 99U5474-023.A00LF 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.6% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.8 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 18.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns

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Gaming 29%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 25%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	65x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	50x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	24x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	23x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	8x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	7x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $339

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