Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	238% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '17 at 10:42
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-6600K-$210 75,597 User benchmarks - Average bench 89% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	SC Int 99.7 SC Float 108 SC Mixed 103 83% 103 Pts	QC Int 363 QC Float 375 QC Mixed 367 84% 369 Pts	MC Int 402 MC Float 424 MC Mixed 409 62% 412 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$239 86,048 User benchmarks - Average bench 71% Gainward(10B0 1C03) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	68.8% Good	Lighting 224 Reflection 196 Parallax 204 65% 208 fps	MRender 150 Gravity 212 Splatting 170 79% 177 fps
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 77%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$234 8,530 User benchmarks - Average bench 233% 349GB free Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 2,405 Write 1,355 Mixed 1,362 376% 1,707 MB/s	4K Read 50.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 27.7 174% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 58.2 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 93.5 100% 156 MB/s
Poor: 184% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 283%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 9,262 User benchmarks - Average bench 53% 82GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6691 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1646 (B1) Unknown 98 98 18 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 192 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2589340609	67.3% Good	Read 495 Write 130 Mixed 198 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 10.2 106% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 27.7 72% 157 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 66%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$140 10,244 User benchmarks - Average bench 72% 62GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1599 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 237 (B1) Unknown 96 96 19 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6180487940	84% Excellent	Read 482 Write 267 Mixed 269 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 26.2 125% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 63 98% 190 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 88%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$89 4,154 User benchmarks - Average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 181 7808 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1688 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1594 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 232 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6502 (C2) HDA temperature 125 118 27 (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	64.3% Good	Read 112 Write 112 Mixed 103 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.29 106% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 94%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$47 16,040 User benchmarks - Average bench 53% 1TB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s NCQ !4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 154 4958 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9473 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18518 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3865 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 319 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9473 (C2) HDA temperature 123 81 24 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 85 85 11150 (F1) Unknown 200 200 12972377770 (F2) Unknown 200 200 12775677623	60.9% Good	Read 117 Write 94.8 Mixed 98.8 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.48 120% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 62%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$47 16,040 User benchmarks - Average bench 53% 1TB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s NCQ !4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 156 4850 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9292 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18035 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3953 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 370 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9292 (C2) HDA temperature 122 81 25 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 83 83 13131 (F1) Unknown 200 200 19699828029 (F2) Unknown 200 200 16771415892	58.9% Above average	Read 115 Write 90.2 Mixed 105 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.41 115% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$95 60,788 User benchmarks - Average bench 55% 914GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 176617874 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5307 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 131413796 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6686 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2894 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 75 51 488112153 (C2) HDA temperature 25 49 73014444057 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 18 176617874 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -44315472543244 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3027711219 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2363375269	65.8% Good	Read 119 Write 110 Mixed 97.2 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.56 124% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-17-17 D4-3200 4x8GB 3 User benchmarks - Average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.4% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 23 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 20.4 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 78.1 51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 104%

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 52%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P - $92

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $210Bench 89%, 75,597 samples	915x
Core i7-6700KIntel $295Bench 92%, 128,728 samples	833x
Core i5-6500Intel $196Bench 73%, 36,587 samples	372x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 63%, 165,636 samples	386x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 7%, 38,689 samples	344x
GTX 1070Nvidia $380Bench 99%, 126,996 samples	325x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $97Bench 96%, 143,814 samples	439x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $159Bench 95%, 84,977 samples	179x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $60Bench 47%, 69,571 samples	127x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $132Bench 82%, 26,042 samples	163x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $143Bench 71%, 10,718 samples	157x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $129Bench 71%, 10,356 samples	91x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $901

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $295	Nvidia GTX 1070 $380	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $97
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $268	AMD RX 480 $260	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $136
Intel Core i5-7600K $238	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $239	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $159

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $50	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $714	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $34
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $83	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $132	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $23
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $44	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $143	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13