Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '17 at 06:05
Run Duration	325 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 215 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 409 56% 415 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.5% Below average	Lighting 45 Reflection 42.8 Parallax 37.4 37% 41.7 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 37.9 Splatting 34.5 30% 37.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 480GB-$195 707 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 258GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3961 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3327 (AB) Unknown 100 100 159484240 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 106 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 97 97 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7854 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14582 (F9) Unknown 100 100 325273184	76.5% Very good	Read 498 Write 484 Mixed 484 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 17.3 81% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.2 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 14.2 26% 48.9 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 775GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 79 48396429 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 18319 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 15 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 294957263 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20788 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 9072 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 36089 (BC) Unknown 100 98 386552954973 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 571932704 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 68719476768 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 16 10 48396429 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -56169582251995 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21452135 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1666248355	62.6% Good	Read 114 Write 104 Mixed 98.1 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.51 120% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 68%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 389GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3200 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5300 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3200 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3191 (C2) HDA temperature 112 103 31 (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	85.7% Excellent	Read 149 Write 150 Mixed 146 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.27 101% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 4GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 139 Write 24.9 Mixed 96.3 96% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.07 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 1.35 130% 2.48 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.7 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 79%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 48%

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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 $40Bench 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 $40	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