Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.6% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161109
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '17 at 22:47
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 543 72% 541 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Lighting 82 Reflection 80.2 Parallax 69.5 67% 77.2 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 74.6 Splatting 74.8 61% 74 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS11754D117-514 240GB 313 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^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 1778 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1212 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 240 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 680 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 104 (E7) Temperature 100 100 35 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1 (EA) Unknown 0 0 31 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4045 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4223	95.6% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 294 Mixed 370 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 33.9 147% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 64.6 108% 207 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 58085736 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4760 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4035440 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9099 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1025 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 83 605599629453 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 45 689176611 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12926 (C2) HDA temperature 35 55 55834574883 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -105965433126270 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27125210814 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22424848909	89.5% Excellent	Read 176 Write 136 Mixed 153 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.19 81% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 23GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 227277304 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1373 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 107088958 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3771 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 680 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 43 159569805347 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 196 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25895 (C2) HDA temperature 35 57 42949672995 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 35862976923690 (F1) Unknown 100 253 47037719128 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21884082666	48.4% Average	Read 92 Write 76.6 Mixed 82.5 63% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.16 60% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 96%
Seagate GoFlex Desk 2TB 1,143 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 35GB free, PID 50a5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 64.6 Write 95.6 Mixed 38.2 86% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.28 28% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	92% Outstanding	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 31.7 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 28.7 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 95%

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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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	481x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	437x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	236x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	179x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	118x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	74x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	50x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $506

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16