Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	12.5% 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	82.3% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 22:54
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 86.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 227 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 449 60% 448 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	12.5% Very poor	Lighting 14.4 Reflection 14 Parallax 22.7 12% 17 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 15.8 Splatting 22.5 14% 16.2 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 52%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4627 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.3% Terrible	Lighting 6.63 Reflection 9.62 Parallax 6.31 5% 7.52 fps	MRender 8.76 Gravity 5.67 Splatting 13.5 8% 9.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.3% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ZTC-SM201-128G 128GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1126F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 100 100 878 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 980 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 72 (A3) Unknown 100 100 15 (A4) Unknown 100 100 95884 (A5) Unknown 100 100 153 (A6) Unknown 100 100 43 (A7) Unknown 100 100 91 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 370 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 11473 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 194556 (F2) Unknown 100 100 147054 (F5) Unknown 100 100 383536	82.3% Excellent	Read 467 Write 260 Mixed 331 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 29.9 125% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 62.3 92% 170 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: ZZZZ Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 170802424 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 583 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 8592678029 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2706 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 583 (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 65 41 73620652067 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 584 (C2) HDA temperature 35 59 73014444067 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	87.6% Excellent	Read 148 Write 157 Mixed 163 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.23 80% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 114%
Seagate ST9100824AS 100GB-$68 288 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 14GB free Firmware: 3.03 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3408 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 4389580805 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2905 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 31 572260384 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1855 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 313958 (C2) HDA temperature 32 69 4294967328 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 39 151472097 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	14.7% Very poor	Read 26.7 Write 24.4 Mixed 24.1 19% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.28 4K Mixed 0.11 32% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 20%

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 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	75.2% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 25 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 95%

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

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P - $113

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	814x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	554x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	304x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	274x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	262x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	241x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	145x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	56x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	103x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $554

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16