Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.5% 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	76.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3 DDR3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 17:00
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 84.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 271 91% 166 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 782 76% 624 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1592 MHz, MLim: 1977 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Lighting 49.8 Reflection 48.6 Parallax 42.5 41% 47 fps	MRender 44.6 Gravity 44.1 Splatting 39.1 34% 42.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4165 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1091 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (AA) Unknown 100 100 327 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2293832 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 275 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 3 (E7) Temperature 100 100 65 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13223	76.2% Very good	Read 514 Write 345 Mixed 358 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 9.79 101% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 33.8 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 9.73 46% 97.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 846GB free Firmware: CC43 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 183876781 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2460 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 59 17246364898 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2620 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2226 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 88 88 12 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295098400 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 45 437518362 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2482 (C2) HDA temperature 26 14 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 15 1 183876781 (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 111961207474660 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18638221311 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17787313047	88.7% Excellent	Read 160 Write 150 Mixed 140 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.32 97% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 113GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1219 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2134 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 364 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3900 (C2) HDA temperature 116 98 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.9% Excellent	Read 163 Write 123 Mixed 110 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.28 96% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M2F8G64CC8HD5N-DI 859B CT102464BD160B.M16 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

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Typical GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF Builds (Compare 285 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 29%

Raft

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 25%

Surfboard

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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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