Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.8% 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	89.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '18 at 15:35
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 278 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 744 76% 614 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3773) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.8% Very good	Lighting 97.5 Reflection 109 Parallax 89.8 79% 98.9 fps	MRender 92.2 Gravity 92.6 Splatting 97.6 78% 94.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 88%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.08% Terrible	Lighting 8.83 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.53 7% 9.76 fps	MRender 7.33 Gravity 8.23 Splatting 17.7 10% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.08% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP610 256GB-$100 1,898 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3553 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1874 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 202 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 873 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 19 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 105 (A3) Unknown 100 100 3 (A4) Unknown 100 100 309199 (A5) Unknown 100 100 207 (A6) Unknown 100 100 102 (A7) Unknown 100 100 151 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1105 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 813225 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1161261	89.6% Excellent	Read 510 Write 348 Mixed 418 94% 425 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 34.8 131% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 20.8 60% 120 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 98%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 37GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (03) Spinup time 83 83 5870 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13414 (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 93 93 37553 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 7861 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 225 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 12 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 52 640024614 (C2) HDA temperature 61 51 656801831 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 34795 (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 100 100 6313 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	41.3% Average	Read 60.4 Write 83 Mixed 67.6 53% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.35 95% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A2K43BB1-CPB 1x16GB 3,286 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	43.5% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 12.4 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 14.1 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 42%

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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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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