Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.2% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 09 '17 at 04:42
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 466 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.2 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Lighting 49.7 Reflection 51 Parallax 65.2 40% 55.3 fps	MRender 51 Gravity 46.7 Splatting 39.7 37% 45.8 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 40%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4541 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.7% Terrible	Lighting 7.03 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 6.81 6% 8.12 fps	MRender 9.43 Gravity 6.07 Splatting 14.4 9% 9.96 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.7% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT256MX100SSD1 1TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 878GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1115 (03) Spinup time 171 169 2441 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5625 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 16884 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2676 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 975 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4649 (C2) HDA temperature 109 90 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	17.5% Very poor	Read 156 Write 171 Mixed 132 34% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.64 4K Mixed 0.42 3% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 17%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^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 7875 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1717 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 87 87 390 (AE) Unknown 100 100 921 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 46 231928889376 (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 6 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 87 87 13 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 38261788966 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1211057581 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1003483391	80.2% Excellent	Read 514 Write 330 Mixed 388 91% 411 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 20.2 124% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 20.3 31% 56.7 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$75 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 320GB free Firmware: CC98 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 54071584 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6059 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 57 8621616518 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8660 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2555 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 42 39209402401 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1087 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6577 (C2) HDA temperature 33 58 21474836513 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 9 54071584 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 9 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -135295764781818 (F1) Unknown 100 253 696281897 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1102523815	61.3% Good	Read 103 Write 111 Mixed 107 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.18 55% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 2x4GB 6,607 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 24.6 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 24.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 90%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 - $113

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	483x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	437x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	237x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	179x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	118x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	74x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	50x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	58x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $506

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16