Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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	86.3% 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	63.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161109
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '17 at 06:18
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 556 74% 555 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 120 Parallax 112 88% 113 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 99.3 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 29314064 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 106386339922100 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 27 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 38 55837065243 (C2) HDA temperature 27 38 55837065243 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 29314064 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 29314064 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 29314064 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 38654705664 (E9) Unknown 0 0 752 (EA) Unknown 0 0 654 (F1) Unknown 0 0 654 (F2) Unknown 0 0 583 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1114117	63.7% Good	Read 450 Write 129 Mixed 171 54% 250 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 13.7 121% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 34.6 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 34 38% 61.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 73%
Samsung HN-M500MBB 500GB-$80 4,322 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 322GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1704 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 91 91 2852 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3023 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25713 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 536 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3000 (B5) Unknown 99 99 25240338 (B7) Unknown 252 252 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 1048 (BA) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 2634 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 46 236222545943 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 151 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 280382 (C2) HDA temperature 64 46 236222545943 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1273	56.2% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 99.6 Mixed 84.6 70% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.33 79% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 60%
Asmt 2115 500GB 793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 246GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 118 Write 116 Mixed 110 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.25 82% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 1x8GB 5,712 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	48.1% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 14.1 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.3 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 48%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 48%

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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 $109Bench 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 $52

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