Gigabyte GA-Z170-D3H-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.63% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemGigabyte Z170-D3H
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170-D3H-CF  (all builds)
Memory14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180111
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 18 '18 at 16:12
Run Duration93 Seconds
Run User BGR-User
Background CPU 16%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7400-$95
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
81.7% Excellent
Memory 90.9
1-Core 113
2-Core 220
81% 142 Pts
4-Core 419
8-Core 421
56% 420 Pts
64-Core 428
26% 428 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 81.7%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
6.63% Terrible
Lighting 6.87
Reflection 10.1
Parallax 6.78
6% 7.91 fps
MRender 10
Gravity 5.97
Splatting 14.2
9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.63%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
90% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 134
Mixed 159
119% 158 MB/s
4K Read 0.65
4K Write 1.38
4K Mixed 0.28
84% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 90%
Great: 123%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (26th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.1% Very good
MC Read 27.1
MC Write 28.6
MC Mixed 22.3
74% 26 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 28.7
SC Mixed 23.2
66% 23 GB/s
Latency 65.9
61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 74.1%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170-D3H-CF Builds (Compare 645 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 50%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 43%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-D3H-CF

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $521
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