Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	264% 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	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.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3 DDR3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '18 at 19:00
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 256 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 479 58% 448 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.92% Terrible	Lighting 8.3 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 8.28 7% 9.37 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.5 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.92% Great: 7%
AMD Radeon R9 290X 3,695 User benchmarks, average bench 49% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.3 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Lighting 64.4 Reflection 56.3 Parallax 79.2 52% 66.7 fps	MRender 57.1 Gravity 55.3 Splatting 75.1 52% 62.5 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,180 Write 1,681 Mixed 1,812 421% 1,891 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 70.1 220% 83.7 MB/s	DQ Read 38.4 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 32.1 46% 82 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 353%
Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN164 2TB 118 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: CC9D 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 114 99 78596848 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8668 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 9130123519 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26744 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3912 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 80 21475164334 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 37 911071838240 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 969 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 56 56 88430 (C2) HDA temperature 32 63 73014444064 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -58171037039529 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23575667726919 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -16483840955910	103% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 173 Mixed 162 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.14 77% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 74982048 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4165 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19541835 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12742 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2370 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 538837024 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 46854 (C2) HDA temperature 32 53 73014444064 (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 122453812583796 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16937571151 (F2) Unknown 100 253 75224885582	92.9% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 149 Mixed 149 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 113%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 177 7425 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2662 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10039 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1789 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 183 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 38785 (C2) HDA temperature 119 102 33 (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	63.2% Good	Read 111 Write 109 Mixed 108 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.28 107% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 525GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 179 7616 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2575 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10021 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1785 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 181 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21483 (C2) HDA temperature 120 105 32 (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% Good	Read 101 Write 122 Mixed 96.1 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.16 81% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 87%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 29GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 226 Write 95.5 Mixed 119 165% 147 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 10.8 4K Mixed 4.71 568% 8.79 MB/s	DQ Read 11 DQ Write 7.05 DQ Mixed 4.62 438% 7.56 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 22.2 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 19.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 73%

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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 $130Bench 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	24x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	20x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16