Gigabyte GA-Z170-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.12% 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	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 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.

System	Gigabyte Z170-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '17 at 23:45
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 206 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 420 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	9.12% Terrible	Lighting 6.57 Reflection 9.85 Parallax 6.25 5% 7.55 fps	MRender 18.5 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 27.3 16% 19.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 9.12% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 227GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9316 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 629 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19435114048	105% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 403 Mixed 417 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 46 165% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 100 105% 169 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 131%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 64 38640612 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1355 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 101242762 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 41364830030535 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 155 (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 81 71 336527379 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1095 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8765 (C2) HDA temperature 19 40 51539607571 (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 13649406068046 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6568554994 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8519446737	94.2% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 159 Mixed 152 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.24 76% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 105%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 51GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 120092616 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10990 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4689985 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17925 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1234 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 58 336527379 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 3 3 195911 (C2) HDA temperature 19 42 47244640275 (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 42777874273281 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10359509028 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32535340787	57.2% Above average	Read 117 Write 83.1 Mixed 99 75% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.2 61% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 31GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 192754896 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15376 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9109560 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30494 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1828 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 79 47 386924565 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 211407 (C2) HDA temperature 21 53 47244640277 (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 118579752082377 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7184771766055 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36470062296190	101% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 163 Mixed 115 116% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.31 98% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25.8 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 22.7 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 85%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-D3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	171x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	126x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	102x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	67x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	59x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	26x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	22x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	16x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $521

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 $184	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) $35	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