Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '18 at 03:22
Run Duration	341 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 103 2-Core 229 76% 138 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 431 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 77.4 Parallax 64.4 64% 73.5 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 67.6 Splatting 70.2 56% 68.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 304GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 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 7167 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 700 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 84 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 48 223339085863 (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 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 42540107033 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1331368564 (F8) Unknown 100 100 450672915 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1938 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	65.5% Good	Read 468 Write 292 Mixed 328 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 12.3 85% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 11.7 36% 72.4 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 99%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1GB free Firmware: 06.01D02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 139 3983 (04) Start/Stop count 68 68 32534 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10470 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 77 77 23647 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 32492 (C2) HDA temperature 102 85 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (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	71.8% Very good	Read 126 Write 125 Mixed 116 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.37 100% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 69%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	4.71% Terrible	Read 18 Write 4.46 Mixed 5.01 9% 9.17 MB/s	4K Read 4.72 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.005 18% 1.58 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.71% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 20,263 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	42.6% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 12.9 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 13.2 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 48%

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

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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