Gigabyte GA-Z170-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.3% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z170-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151020
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '16 at 23:13
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 86.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 464 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 8,099 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 825C) 512MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4195 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.89% Terrible	Lighting 2.13 Reflection 4.23 Parallax 0.75 2% 2.37 fps	MRender 3.38 Gravity 1.53 Splatting 3 2% 2.64 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.89% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010410 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8357 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 609 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 69 (AF) Unknown 100 100 8590721636 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 80 336134164 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 69 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 20 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 133809 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 62 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 133809 (F2) Unknown 100 100 121655	87.3% Excellent	Read 488 Write 263 Mixed 345 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 30.4 128% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 118 136% 234 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 753GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76224189 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11519 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11514982 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16247 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 9071 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 51 403898392 (C2) HDA temperature 24 49 73014444056 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 19 76224189 (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 -8851927557583 (F1) Unknown 100 253 972525399 (F2) Unknown 100 253 474188239	59.7% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 111 Mixed 97.3 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.61 132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 68%
Imation Nano Pro II 8GB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 3GB free, PID 0619, Imation Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	8.28% Terrible	Read 24.9 Write 6.98 Mixed 8.46 14% 13.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.47 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.51 57% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.28% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 25.3 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.5 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 88%

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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 $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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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 $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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16