Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	47.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150727
Uptime	15.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 22:16
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th 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 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	42.4% Average	Memory 67.2 1-Core 53.7 2-Core 85.7 44% 68.9 Pts	4-Core 107 8-Core 96.7 14% 102 Pts	64-Core 111 7% 111 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.3% Average	Lighting 56.1 Reflection 66.4 Parallax 59.3 46% 60.6 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 58.5 Splatting 55.9 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 62GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4565914 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -44083544323523 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 217 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 22 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 38 77311901733 (C2) HDA temperature 37 38 77311901733 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4565914 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4565914 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4565914 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 73014444032 (E9) Unknown 0 0 242 (EA) Unknown 0 0 113 (F1) Unknown 0 0 113 (F2) Unknown 0 0 51 (F4) Unknown 100 100 327681	62.2% Good	Read 507 Write 158 Mixed 242 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 14.1 91% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 37.6 54% 99.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896698556 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 727 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7582 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 709 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 727 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 727 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 201864249385 (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	61.9% Good	Read 129 Write 86.5 Mixed 116 84% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.16 82% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 107%
HGST Touro Mobile 3.0 1TB 310 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 614GB free, PID 1020 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 87.8 Write 79.1 Mixed 39.5 83% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.16 47% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 21,822 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	37.1% Below average	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 11.8 36% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 12.9 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 83%

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Workstation 44%

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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 $94Bench 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 $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 $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