Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '17 at 01:30
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 237 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 545 65% 502 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 78 Parallax 66.8 65% 74.8 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 73 59% 71.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10962 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 37 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15158377077
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 686GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 5 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 130 130 38683541945 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 474 (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 90 90 70078 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 446 (C0) Power-off retract count 87 87 16207 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 16207 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 223339675679 (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	51.8% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 87.8 Mixed 94.6 69% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.38 88% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 61%
WD WD2000JD-00HBB0 200GB 2,211 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 77GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 127 3266 (04) Start/Stop count 1 1 122864 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 7 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 5 5 69475 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 340 (C2) HDA temperature 125 99 25 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 850 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	15.3% Very poor	Read 14.1 Write 39.1 Mixed 27.6 20% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.28 61% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-17-17 D4-3000 2x8GB 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2992 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 26.2 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 21.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 101%

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

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 $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