Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	246% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). 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	9.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '17 at 12:24
Run Duration	304 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6320-$165 1,734 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 229 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 350 47% 352 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 227B) 1GB CLim: 1075 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Lighting 25.7 Reflection 29.1 Parallax 30.8 21% 28.5 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 23 Splatting 31.3 22% 26.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 2,607 Write 678 Mixed 1,088 316% 1,458 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 56.7 251% 96.9 MB/s	DQ Read 585 DQ Write 541 DQ Mixed 229 263% 452 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 273%
Toshiba MK1002TSKB 1TB-$141 962 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 33GB free Firmware: MT4A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5072 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5345 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 13895 (0A) Spinup retry count 206 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4113 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 27 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 844 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6581 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 231928889385 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 12305 (DE) Loaded hours 69 69 12582 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 101 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	52.4% Above average	Read 95.8 Write 86.6 Mixed 123 78% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.34 98% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 83%
OTi Flash Disk 1GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 2168 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	3.98% Terrible	Read 9.63 Write 4.75 Mixed 6.71 8% 7.03 MB/s	4K Read 5.45 4K Write 0.09 4K Mixed 0.09 26% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.98% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 3x4GB 301 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 17.3 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 56%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	50x
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	19x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16