Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	61.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3P
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '17 at 14:52
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 241 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 465 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 196 Parallax 175 132% 178 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 173 Splatting 117 110% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 142 100 910 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 896 (A6) Unknown 100 100 825 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 876 (A9) Unknown 100 100 46 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 864 (AE) Unknown 100 100 74 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 100 206158430234 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 28 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 182367 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10100 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8718	61.9% Good	Read 492 Write 415 Mixed 452 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 4.67 56% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 20.7 DQ Write 38.2 DQ Mixed 4.6 10% 21.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 139 9983 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12373 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29351 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2317 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 166 166 103004 (C2) HDA temperature 129 87 23 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.1% Above average	Read 105 Write 100 Mixed 103 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.37 110% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 60%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 89GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2334 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4510 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 498 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5906 (C2) HDA temperature 120 108 23 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	84.6% Excellent	Read 163 Write 132 Mixed 140 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.23 90% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 5,199 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 26.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 80%

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P - $113

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	810x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	552x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	303x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	272x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	262x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	239x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	145x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	103x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $552

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