Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.5% 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	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 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151013
Uptime	13.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 22:54
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 706 67% 556 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 114 91% 114 fps	MRender 92.6 Gravity 96 Splatting 90.3 76% 93 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 906 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 296 (A5) Unknown 100 100 22937893 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 62 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 411 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 61 261993988131 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 356486021203 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2001 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3193 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2405 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4264 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.5% Excellent	Read 461 Write 319 Mixed 299 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 20.5 108% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 44.3 87% 179 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 342GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 147712456 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1722 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 372621937 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6314 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1337 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 521732125 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3260 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 47244640285 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 55950538970715 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34365447437 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3494737338438	107% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 189 Mixed 168 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.26 93% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
Maxtor 6L250S0 251GB-$46 928 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 219GB free Firmware: BACE1G10 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 180 179 15142 (04) Start/Stop count 253 253 500 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 251 234 42622 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 60578 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 253 253 305 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 41 253 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 1495 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 251 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 241 241 152 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	30.6% Below average	Read 50.9 Write 54.9 Mixed 56.7 41% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.54 138% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 35%
Dell USB Portable HDD 1TB 549 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 78GB free Firmware: 040D Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 39.7 Write 41.6 Mixed 40 30% 40.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.33 84% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x4GB-$35 843 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.6% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 12.9 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 15.1 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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