Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% 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	85.7% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3 DDR3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '17 at 14:41
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 97% 181 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 823 80% 659 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2552 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 152 Parallax 143 125% 150 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 143 Splatting 113 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 120GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 91GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4678304 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 31851477467140 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 3 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 43 94492098592 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 94492098592 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4678304 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4678304 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4678304 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 115964116992 (E9) Unknown 0 0 48 (EA) Unknown 0 0 60 (F1) Unknown 0 0 60 (F2) Unknown 0 0 39 (F4) Unknown 100 100 131072	75.2% Very good	Read 501 Write 158 Mixed 235 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 22.6 135% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 41.9 58% 104 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 109%
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7080 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4566 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 159 (AE) Unknown 100 100 607 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 42 253402415136 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 30491104811 (F7) Unknown 100 100 40027352 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1533465824	85.7% Excellent	Read 493 Write 254 Mixed 338 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 28.4 126% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 17.3 84% 193 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 91%
INTENSO 2TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: GG15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 161514403 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2644 (05) Reallocated sector count 85 85 631 (07) Seek error rate 61 57 25778864156 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3748 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2648 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 64 48 606142500 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 357 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2688 (C2) HDA temperature 36 52 85899345956 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 20 161514403 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	71.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 122 Mixed 107 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.57 130% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 110%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 824GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896960694 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5648 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10198 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5547 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5669 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5669 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 231929479202 (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	90.4% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 165 Mixed 154 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.16 68% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 371GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 76 (03) Spinup time 110 110 17193500880 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5629 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10194 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5538 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5652 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5652 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 227634511904 (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	69.5% Good	Read 107 Write 135 Mixed 120 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.18 75% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 221GB free Firmware: MN6OAA10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34387526055 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3689 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3625 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3693 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3695 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 227634577442 (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	49.2% Average	Read 78.9 Write 92.4 Mixed 77.7 62% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.33 92% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-559.A00LF 4x8GB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.1 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 84%

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Desktop 86%

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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 $130Bench 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	24x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	20x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16