Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.5% 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	91.8% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150723
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 12 '17 at 07:13
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 276 91% 166 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 523 69% 520 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 22D0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.5.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	19.5% Very poor	Lighting 22 Reflection 25.4 Parallax 20.6 18% 22.7 fps	MRender 31.3 Gravity 21.9 Splatting 28.7 22% 27.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^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 45 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 67 (A3) Unknown 100 100 11 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3593 (A5) Unknown 100 100 15 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (94) Unknown 100 100 2467 (95) Unknown 100 100 154 (96) Unknown 100 100 2 (97) Unknown 100 100 91 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 52 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 33110 (F2) Unknown 100 100 45332 (F5) Unknown 100 100 114976	91.8% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 343 Mixed 355 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 31.4 126% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 63.2 103% 201 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 127%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34387591594 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 830 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 575 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2256 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2256 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 240519217188 (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 200 200 0	96.3% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 162 Mixed 166 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.23 98% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 281GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 127 127 25789333802 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1616 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4980 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1329 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3307 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3307 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 244814250018 (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 200 200 0	65.5% Good	Read 134 Write 93.8 Mixed 126 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 110GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 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 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494235431 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2537 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2309 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2537 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2537 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 227634315295 (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 200 200 0	55% Above average	Read 97.6 Write 93.9 Mixed 92.3 71% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.21 75% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-027.A00LF 9905584-032.A00LF 9905584-027.A00LF 9905584-032.A00LF 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 18.5 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 60%

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Gaming 29%

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Desktop 86%

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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 $81Bench 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	23x
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 $46Bench 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 $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 $46

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