Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.4% 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	92.7% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '17 at 01:08
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 692 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 118 Parallax 98.8 96% 111 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 104 Splatting 99.8 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 105GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2877 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 170 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131077 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 723	89.8% Excellent	Read 527 Write 420 Mixed 425 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 12.1 106% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 54.5 106% 214 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5272 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 305 (B1) Unknown 98 98 36 (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 64 56 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13579850399	92.7% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 411 Mixed 416 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 26.9 148% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 46.4 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 27 35% 60.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 124%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 130 130 25788416300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 228 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5208 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 228 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 434 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 434 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 158914838559 (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	108% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 188 Mixed 168 136% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.23 87% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 25.2 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 - $113

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	484x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	437x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	237x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Total price: $635

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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