Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.6% 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	88.4% 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 9 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.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '17 at 13:44
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 700 74% 590 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.4% 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 36B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 120 Parallax 109 95% 115 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 104 Splatting 98.5 82% 99.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX930 120GB-$229 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.9SE Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5176 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1801 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 363 (A9) Unknown 100 100 2621450 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 185 185 8604352593 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 984 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C2) HDA temperature 71 71 124555821085 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 57028259584 (EA) Unknown 100 100 87136262016 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17104336370 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8974074327	88.4% Excellent	Read 503 Write 427 Mixed 396 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 7.17 116% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 33.5 80% 166 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 107%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 872GB free Firmware: CV27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 219888944 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1816 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13645393 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5718 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1831 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 488243229 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1819 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 77309411357 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	84.6% Excellent	Read 147 Write 149 Mixed 95.5 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 113%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 199GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 128 128 12896633012 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2143 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 108 108 37 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9428 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2132 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2430 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2430 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 240519348253 (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	97.2% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 147 Mixed 10.7 84% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.22 90% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2666 2OZ 2x8GB 6,330 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 28.9 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 28.8 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 90%

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Gaming 61%

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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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $466

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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