Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.02% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	245% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit kolorów, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 17:13
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 150 2-Core 286 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 806 79% 645 Pts	64-Core 751 46% 751 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.02% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.38 7% 9.62 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 7.53 Splatting 16.6 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.02% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 106 Reflection 115 Parallax 101 86% 108 fps	Gravity 99.1 Splatting 102 89% 101 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,281 Write 1,288 Mixed 1,637 384% 1,735 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 52 196% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 135 155% 267 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 210%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 62GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8593885508 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 135016591919897 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 601 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 81 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 46 73017458719 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 73017458719 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 98 98 8593885508 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 98 98 8593885508 (CC) Soft ECC correction 98 98 8593885508 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5408 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4040 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4040 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4785 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3080223	63.4% Good	Read 501 Write 127 Mixed 175 58% 268 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 16.4 106% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 93.1 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 31.8 45% 81.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 75%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 384GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 277 Write 225 Mixed 162 164% 221 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 3.35 4K Mixed 0.4 126% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 29.4 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 29.5 90% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 108%

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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	477x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	436x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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