Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.05% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3P
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '17 at 16:28
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 95.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 242 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 343 46% 343 Pts	64-Core 340 21% 340 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 440 14,286 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 838A) 1GB CLim: 822 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	4.05% Terrible	Lighting 4.87 Reflection 6.08 Parallax 4.47 4% 5.14 fps	MRender 7.48 Gravity 5.17 Splatting 3.61 4% 5.42 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.05% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1110 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 529 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 51 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 83 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4667270873
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDN724030ALE640 3TB 4,385 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 603GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 126 126 38687146479 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2071 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3245 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1162 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7299 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7299 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 206159806498 (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	67.1% Good	Read 115 Write 119 Mixed 124 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.24 85% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 266GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 170592360 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1230 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7818805 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1888 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 766 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 471531548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11727 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 81604378652 (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 -54997056224361 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27713006875 (F2) Unknown 100 253 976141824653	97.1% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 133 Mixed 149 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.25 83% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 266GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 190639568 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1219 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 4303075332 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 763 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 196611 (BD) vendor-specific 64 64 36 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11417 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 81604378653 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 107709189849999 (F1) Unknown 100 253 135662774569 (F2) Unknown 100 253 788071829909	98.4% Outstanding	Read 215 Write 129 Mixed 153 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 1x8GB 32,519 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	48% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 12.9 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 15.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 52%

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P - $113

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	810x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	552x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	303x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	272x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	262x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	239x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	145x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	103x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $552

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