Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	116% 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	81.7% 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

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System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3 DDR3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '17 at 09:52
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

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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-$230 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 90 1-Core 151 2-Core 306 99% 183 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 808 87% 690 Pts	64-Core 841 52% 841 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98% 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: 2677 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 156 Parallax 135 128% 149 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 148 Splatting 116 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^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 7590 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5025 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 173 (AE) Unknown 100 100 712 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 42 253402415133 (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 33334430586 (F7) Unknown 100 100 129838343 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1675561368	81.7% Excellent	Read 487 Write 251 Mixed 335 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 27.8 113% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 50.1 100% 205 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 120GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 46GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8593964122 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -67980742360570 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 483 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 122 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 45 85902295070 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 85902295070 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 98 98 8593964122 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 98 98 8593964122 (CC) Soft ECC correction 98 98 8593964122 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 115964116992 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1309 (EA) Unknown 0 0 332 (F1) Unknown 0 0 332 (F2) Unknown 0 0 808 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1703939	65.7% Good	Read 475 Write 152 Mixed 172 58% 266 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 13.4 113% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 36.7 52% 93.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 109%
INTENSO 2TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: GG15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 79186557 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3046 (05) Reallocated sector count 85 85 632 (07) Seek error rate 62 57 25782348220 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4212 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3050 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 69 48 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 425 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3090 (C2) HDA temperature 31 52 85899345951 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 20 79186557 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	65.9% Good	Read 119 Write 111 Mixed 117 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.52 117% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.9% 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 (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 128 128 12896436406 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6097 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10713 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5996 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6118 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 231929479198 (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	92.1% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 160 Mixed 153 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.13 63% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 370GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 76 (03) Spinup time 114 114 12898009289 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6075 (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 10709 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5984 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6098 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6098 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 227634511902 (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	62% Good	Read 99.3 Write 117 Mixed 123 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.14 80% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 208GB free Firmware: MN6OAA10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 150 150 21499085195 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4135 (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 5824 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4071 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4139 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4141 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 227634577438 (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	47.4% Average	Read 88 Write 77.1 Mixed 60.9 56% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.3 80% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-559.A00LF 2x8GB 3,453 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.9% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 20 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 20.5 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 60%

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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	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 $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