Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150907
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '16 at 11:21
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 214 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 362 48% 362 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 79.5 Reflection 78.9 Parallax 66.8 65% 75.1 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 72.2 59% 71.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 62 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12886474772 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 47 227633266736 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 25769869318 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 26 (EA) Unknown 100 100 193 (F1) Unknown 253 253 103 (F2) Unknown 253 253 101 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	57.4% Above average	Read 484 Write 184 Mixed 29.1 50% 232 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 3.32 64% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 5.69 62% 143 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 720GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 66 123456093 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 34 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1105670 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 75 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (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 69 61 521535519 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 31 20 85899345951 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 123456093 (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 -139062451109814 (F1) Unknown 100 253 734628491 (F2) Unknown 100 253 390437741	99.8% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 167 Mixed 139 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.33 110% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 22,760 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.5% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 23.1 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 19.2 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 81%

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

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

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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 $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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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