Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	41.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161109
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '17 at 20:39
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 226 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 655 69% 550 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.23% Terrible	Lighting 7.63 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 7.5 6% 8.76 fps	MRender 9.33 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 15.8 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.23% Great: 6%
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0501) ≥ 4GB; asus dual CLim: 1300 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.9% Average	Lighting 48.9 Reflection 65.5 Parallax 67 40% 60.5 fps	MRender 65.3 Gravity 49.8 Splatting 54 46% 56.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel X25-M 160GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 737 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 140 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 15026 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 4886063 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 3 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1010134731 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	32.1% Below average	Read 253 Write 106 Mixed 150 37% 170 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 6.06 50% 19 MB/s	DQ Read 18.5 DQ Write 42.4 DQ Mixed 46.4 31% 35.8 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 46%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 477GB free Firmware: CC62 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 173520576 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 593 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 97015191 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3904 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 584 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 66 487981085 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 598 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 68719476765 (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 -6661494272171 (F1) Unknown 100 253 128454848058839 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -65135012793180	101% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 176 Mixed 143 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.38 107% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSA.8FAR 859B BLS4G4D240FSA.8FAR 0616 DDR4-2400 CL16 8GB 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.1% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.7 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 19 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 57%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 - $113

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	483x
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	237x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $506

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16