Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


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 105%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	132% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.9% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3 DDR3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '18 at 12:51
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-6600K-$230 137,317 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	SC Int 138 SC Float 146 SC Mixed 142 114% 142 Pts	QC Int 534 QC Float 582 QC Mixed 551 126% 556 Pts	MC Int 527 MC Float 576 MC Mixed 550 82% 551 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$469 276,284 User benchmarks, average bench 125% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 420 Reflection 396 Parallax 454 134% 423 fps	MRender 243 Gravity 406 Splatting 255 132% 301 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 140%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$330 8,116 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 225GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20773 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1349 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 60 37 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 282 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18296913804	86.9% Excellent	Read 510 Write 352 Mixed 358 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 24 135% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 46.2 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 24.3 48% 90.8 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 126%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$33 616,225 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1891 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13084 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1418 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 346 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1552 (C2) HDA temperature 106 89 37 (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	98.4% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 163 Mixed 154 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 0.39 146% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 109%
Sony Micro Vault Mach USB 3.0 16GB-$42 110 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 14GB free, PID 05b9 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 199 Write 9.36 Mixed 12.4 55% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.05 52% 4.42 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 16,242 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 21.6 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 22.4 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 67%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $230Bench 87%, 137,317 samples	229x
Core i7-6700KIntel $342Bench 89%, 209,888 samples	163x
Core i5-6500Intel $211Bench 71%, 73,453 samples	102x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $344Bench 99%, 347,510 samples	92x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $260Bench 71%, 335,077 samples	91x
GTX 970Nvidia $330Bench 64%, 330,096 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $86Bench 105%, 297,917 samples	62x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $94Bench 199%, 85,106 samples	36x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $110Bench 111%, 229,101 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 57%, 38,397 samples	52x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 56%, 19,977 samples	35x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 50%, 16,242 samples	20x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $340	Nvidia GTX 1070 $344	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $86
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $145	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $260	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $110
Intel Core i5-8600K $249	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $135

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $150	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $80
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $899	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $160	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $11