Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.71% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	59.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '17 at 16:11
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (47^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 677 66% 542 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 5800 793 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Nvidia(10DE 0593) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	5.71% Terrible	Lighting 7.97 Reflection 4.81 Parallax 5.25 6% 6.01 fps	MRender 3.48 Gravity 9.03 Splatting 3.39 4% 5.3 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 5.71% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP610 128GB-$49 819 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0307A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^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 100 100 470 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2344 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 122 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 27368 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 1 (A4) Unknown 100 100 193215 (A5) Unknown 100 100 241 (A6) Unknown 100 100 139 (A7) Unknown 100 100 190 (F1) Unknown 100 100 453846 (F2) Unknown 100 100 343369 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 694 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 453846 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0	59.7% Above average	Read 503 Write 145 Mixed 222 63% 290 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 16.2 97% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 22 DQ Write 84 DQ Mixed 35.4 32% 47.1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 89%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 261GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 44 (03) Spinup time 179 179 6016 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4792 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9376 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3884 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 268 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 107 107 279807 (C2) HDA temperature 120 106 30 (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	80.1% Excellent	Read 135 Write 144 Mixed 145 107% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.18 100% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 83%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 279GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 87 Write 82.5 Mixed 70.4 101% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.21 61% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 61%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 123GB free, PID 1048 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 82.9 Write 83.6 Mixed 61.2 96% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.17 20% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.3% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 23.8 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 110%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	50x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Total price: $457

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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