Gigabyte GA-Z170-D3H-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '18 at 08:02
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 272 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 675 71% 570 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1610 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 78.6 Reflection 81.4 Parallax 72 64% 77.3 fps	MRender 82 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 63.9 58% 72.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 729GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 181 117 34 9.1 8.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 207 Write 177 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 80.6 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 926GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 123 121 123 123 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 133 Write 126 Mixed 108 SusWrite 122 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2133C14D4/8G 16GB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2400, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 11.5 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 13 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical GA-Z170-D3H-CF Builds (Compare 645 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 50%

Yacht

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-D3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	172x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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	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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16