Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '17 at 07:14
Run Duration	484 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 (84^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 240 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 701 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Lighting 20.6 Reflection 15 Parallax 19.1 17% 18.2 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 15.2 Splatting 19.3 13% 15.7 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$60 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 262GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 187 1583 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14026 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 46730 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2616 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 123 123 232209 (C2) HDA temperature 113 91 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 75 75 18969 (F1) Unknown 1 1 -22655683361430 (F2) Unknown 200 200 39779189795	31.7% Below average	Read 60.9 Write 49.2 Mixed 53 41% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.35 90% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 41%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 271GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 3 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 125 125 25790578979 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2872 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 46726 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 453 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2929 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2929 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 236224053286 (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	41.3% Average	Read 71 Write 73.1 Mixed 70.9 54% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.22 53% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 74%
B&N NOOK SimpleTouch 0GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 0GB free, PID 0003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	2.29% Terrible	Read 8.5 Write 2.42 Mixed 3.88 5% 4.93 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.12 4K Mixed 0.16 12% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.29% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x4GB 8,035 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	72% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 20.6 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.8 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 88%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 - $113

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	483x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	437x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	195x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	237x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	179x
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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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $506

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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