Gigabyte GA-Z170-D3H-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	81.4% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150907
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '16 at 22:48
Run Duration	87 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 456 61% 455 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Inte SSDSC2BW120H6 120GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 100 77311508508 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4578 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 46 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4578 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3885 (F9) Unknown 100 100 210	81.4% Excellent	Read 486 Write 196 Mixed 254 68% 312 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 18.8 144% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 47.3 77% 147 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 84%
Samsun HD321KJ 320GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 198GB free Firmware: CP10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 98 36 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5440 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9610 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24526 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4833 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 7827430 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1310850 (BC) Unknown 100 100 71 (BE) vendor-specific 79 54 21 (C2) HDA temperature 172 97 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 7827430 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 97 92 37 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	44.4% Average	Read 72.8 Write 81.9 Mixed 77.3 58% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.38 93% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 1x8GB 259 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	42.4% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 12.8 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 44%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 43%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-D3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	174x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	127x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	103x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	68x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	60x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	44x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	26x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	22x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	17x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $511

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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