Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-HD3P
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 09 '18 at 23:19
Run Duration	352 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 246 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 660 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 110 Parallax 97 89% 106 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 97 Splatting 97.2 79% 96.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD2500JS-55NCB1 250GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 98GB free Firmware: 10.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 199 172 5033 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12162 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18800 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5694 (BE) vendor-specific 50 20 50 (C2) HDA temperature 100 70 50 (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	29.3% Poor	Read 51 Write 50.8 Mixed 49.8 38% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.46 109% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 33%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 10214880 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2016 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 339654386 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18618 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1313 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 73 47 504430619 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 233 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10616 (C2) HDA temperature 27 53 12884901915 (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 -100476464905268 (F1) Unknown 100 253 70175057240 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1033881618805	67.5% Good	Read 134 Write 101 Mixed 106 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.09 52% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 112%
BUFFALO USB Flash Disk 8GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 8GB free, PID 0110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	5.06% Terrible	Read 19.1 Write 3.79 Mixed 5.01 9% 9.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.14 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 23% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.06% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 2x8GB 3,888 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 25.4 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 31.2 SC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 86%

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P - $113

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	814x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	554x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	304x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	274x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	262x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	241x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	145x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	56x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $554

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16