Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	82.1% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3 DDR3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170109
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '17 at 09:13
Run Duration	389 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 101% 186 Pts	4-Core 608 8-Core 610 81% 609 Pts	64-Core 611 38% 611 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2503 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 154 Parallax 132 116% 143 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 138 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 110GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6139786 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -99591701655299 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 534 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 120 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 44 60132425758 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 60132425758 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6139786 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6139786 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6139786 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12519 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10733 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10733 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3485 (F4) Unknown 99 99 5111853	75.1% Very good	Read 512 Write 192 Mixed 265 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 17.2 122% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 46.2 70% 131 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 85%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^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 2991 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 416 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 88 88 187 (AE) Unknown 100 100 96 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 53 201864314912 (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 88 88 12 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 54623614329 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1708148828 (F8) Unknown 100 100 342255772 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1262 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	82.1% Excellent	Read 483 Write 286 Mixed 311 79% 360 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 25.1 119% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 40 79% 159 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 95%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 685GB free Firmware: 0707 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 108 Write 121 Mixed 81.4 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 3.34 4K Mixed 0.42 135% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 66%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 363GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2339 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14082 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1488 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 207 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2131 (C2) HDA temperature 109 97 34 (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	80.4% Excellent	Read 142 Write 138 Mixed 160 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.25 102% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 109%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 32GB 1,723 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 26GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	7.79% Terrible	Read 29.2 Write 8.05 Mixed 9.02 16% 15.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.56 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.009 28% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.79% Great: 9%
SMI USB DISK 16GB 4,910 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 11GB free, PID null, blackweb Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 113 Write 7.44 Mixed 17.6 38% 45.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.48 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.006 47% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 4x4GB 473 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.7 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 19.7 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 64%

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Gaming 29%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

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	19x

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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