Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.9% 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	61% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2351 x 1323 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 21:37
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 230 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 668 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 103 Parallax 93.2 83% 99.6 fps	MRender 90 Gravity 89.2 Splatting 89.5 73% 89.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 59GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7082 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 663 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 51 210454183966 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3230517951 (F7) Unknown 100 100 101088278 (F8) Unknown 100 100 78213977 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3591 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	69.1% Good	Read 467 Write 324 Mixed 320 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 49.3 4K Mixed 11.4 66% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 5.44 71% 173 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 104%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 59GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 8737 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1305 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12893487194 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 29 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 464 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 42 180389543964 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 180392558652 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2509 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3076 (F1) Unknown 253 253 776 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1215 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	67.5% Good	Read 480 Write 231 Mixed 188 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 13.1 76% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 36.4 90% 193 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 107%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15950 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1937 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 80 80 623 (AE) Unknown 100 100 78 (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 34 283467841563 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 80 80 20 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 72597418207 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2299036488 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3238921191	61% Good	Read 489 Write 269 Mixed 348 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 11.4 66% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 17.7 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 53.2 65% 106 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 91%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 297GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 161 6808 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9206 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21710 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2440 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 107 107 281689 (C2) HDA temperature 124 100 26 (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 200 200 145	44.5% Average	Read 93 Write 62.2 Mixed 59.8 54% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.14 49% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 67%
GB0500C8046 500GB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 15GB free Firmware: HPG8 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 164124370 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3640 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 22 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 62326860 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15118 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 664 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 59 487653402 (C2) HDA temperature 26 41 51539607578 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 16 164124370 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 22 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	41.7% Average	Read 71.8 Write 73.5 Mixed 74.5 55% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.43 90% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 60%
GB0500C8046 500GB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 9GB free Firmware: HPG6 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 53 51 38529282 (03) Spinup time 95 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3725 (05) Reallocated sector count 90 90 211 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 30089969455 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11518 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 655 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 651 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 504496156 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 51539607580 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 9 38529282 (C4) Reallocation count 90 90 211 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 17 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	37.4% Below average	Read 61 Write 69 Mixed 65.2 49% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.44 98% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.4 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 109%

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

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P - $113

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	810x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	552x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	303x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	272x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	262x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	239x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	145x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	103x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $552

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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