Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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	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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 08:23
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 145 2-Core 289 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 581 76% 573 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 76.2 Parallax 64.6 62% 72.2 fps	MRender 69.1 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 71.3 57% 69.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 57GB free Firmware: SAFM22.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5319 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 635 (AD) Unknown 100 100 655390 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1960	92.3% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 437 Mixed 479 107% 479 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 12.9 114% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 55.7 105% 206 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 99%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 120GB-$67 1,123 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 40GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16748 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 482 (AB) Unknown 100 100 41514064 (AE) Unknown 100 100 277 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 88 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 98 98 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3388 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8860 (F9) Unknown 100 100 184389366	84.9% Excellent	Read 517 Write 428 Mixed 452 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 14.3 122% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 14.4 29% 55.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 104%
Radeon R7 1TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 63 45182656 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 541 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 403121386 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17161 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 538 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 63 63 37 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032836 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 505020445 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1161 (C2) HDA temperature 29 8 34359738397 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 45182656 (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 108520938685176 (F1) Unknown 100 253 62122865329 (F2) Unknown 100 253 82189785480	76.2% Very good	Read 125 Write 141 Mixed 119 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.23 69% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2800 C16 Series 2x8GB 1,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 25.4 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 99%

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

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

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 $160Bench 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