Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	82.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3 DDR3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 14:54
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (57^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 85.6 1-Core 152 2-Core 279 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 668 73% 576 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$79 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6896 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4460 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 152 (AE) Unknown 100 100 591 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 42 253402415139 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 29333944417 (F7) Unknown 100 100 3518680 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1465191290	82.2% Excellent	Read 492 Write 248 Mixed 335 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 26.6 126% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 49.8 85% 163 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 91%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: GG15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 147487496 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2529 (05) Reallocated sector count 85 85 631 (07) Seek error rate 61 57 25777934418 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3589 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2545 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 64 48 605880356 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 343 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2548 (C2) HDA temperature 36 52 85899345956 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 20 147487496 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	68.7% Good	Read 124 Write 116 Mixed 106 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.64 142% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 74%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 824GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12897091765 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5484 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10013 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5441 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5505 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5505 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 231929479203 (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 200 200 0	92.6% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 163 Mixed 166 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.15 72% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 373GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 75 (03) Spinup time 113 113 17193369799 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5468 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10009 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5432 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5491 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5491 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 227634511906 (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 200 200 0	70% Very good	Read 133 Write 111 Mixed 127 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.2 81% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 170GB free Firmware: MN6OAA10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 146 146 34387460456 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3533 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5123 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3521 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3537 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3537 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 227634577443 (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 200 200 0	46.1% Average	Read 81.1 Write 79.3 Mixed 68.3 57% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.33 92% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-559.A00LF 4x8GB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 84%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 25%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	65x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	51x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	24x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	20x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	8x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	7x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $339

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16