Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	117% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3 DDR3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '17 at 16:11
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 84.8 1-Core 152 2-Core 306 97% 181 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 828 89% 709 Pts	64-Core 839 52% 839 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2592 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 158 Parallax 135 130% 151 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 148 Splatting 116 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 120GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 56GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3156767 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -89180700934024 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 23 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 43 94492098587 (C2) HDA temperature 27 43 94492098587 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3156767 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3156767 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3156767 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 115964116992 (E9) Unknown 0 0 346 (EA) Unknown 0 0 132 (F1) Unknown 0 0 132 (F2) Unknown 0 0 174 (F4) Unknown 100 100 524289	54.8% Above average	Read 390 Write 127 Mixed 174 50% 230 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 13.4 90% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 37.9 52% 93.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 109%
Crucial M500 240GB-$79 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^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 7195 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4650 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 162 (AE) Unknown 100 100 623 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 42 253402415131 (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 31062030108 (F7) Unknown 100 100 58069701 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1568454977	70.3% Very good	Read 470 Write 247 Mixed 335 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 53.4 4K Mixed 18.7 79% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 40.4 96% 201 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 91%
INTENSO 2TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: GG15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 216710712 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2721 (05) Reallocated sector count 85 85 631 (07) Seek error rate 61 57 25779320075 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3855 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2725 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 74 48 437780506 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 368 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2765 (C2) HDA temperature 26 52 85899345946 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 20 216710712 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	67.6% Good	Read 116 Write 119 Mixed 114 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.54 121% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 110%
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 (67^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 12896960694 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5731 (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 10314 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5630 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5752 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5752 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 231929479195 (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	93.9% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 171 Mixed 158 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.17 74% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 371GB 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 76 (03) Spinup time 111 111 17193369805 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5712 (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 10310 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5621 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5735 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5735 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 227634511898 (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	70.1% Very good	Read 124 Write 120 Mixed 129 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.18 82% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 221GB 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 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34387591594 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3772 (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 5425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3708 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3776 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3778 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 227634577434 (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	46.3% Average	Read 80.7 Write 80.7 Mixed 63.2 56% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.3% 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 (86^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59% 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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