Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151013
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 06:56
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 452 60% 448 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 135 Parallax 114 104% 126 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 120 Splatting 103 86% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 90457181 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 924 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 125398370 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4111 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 924 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 82 82 18 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 588382242 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 950 (C2) HDA temperature 34 14 60129542178 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 90457181 (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 12936441499659 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18733901327 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21101288390	75.8% Very good	Read 142 Write 122 Mixed 145 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.28 96% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 0837 1TB 3,852 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 410GB free, PID 0837 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 85.3 Write 72.2 Mixed 76.5 98% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.19 68% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2133C15-8GVR 1319 CL15-15-15 D4-2133 0420 F4-2133C15-8GVR 1319 CL15-15-15 D4-2133 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 22.2 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 74%

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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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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 - $113

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	478x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	437x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	193x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	234x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	178x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	117x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	73x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	50x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $466

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16