Gigabyte GA-Z170-D3H-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics5.52% 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.
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.
SystemGigabyte Z170-D3H
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170-D3H-CF  (all builds)
Memory7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170306
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 22 '20 at 15:52
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User EGY-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7500-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
80.2% Excellent
Memory 89.3
1-Core 117
2-Core 233
83% 146 Pts
4-Core 408
8-Core 430
56% 419 Pts
64-Core 428
26% 428 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 80.2%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730
Gigabyte(1458 36E5) 2GB
CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
5.52% Terrible
Lighting 6.87
Reflection 7.27
Parallax 8.09
6% 7.41 fps
MRender 4.86
Gravity 7.27
Splatting 7.17
5% 6.43 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.52%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46
99GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,305
Write 1,894
Mixed 1,388
413% 1,863 MB/s
4K Read 58.7
4K Write 148
4K Mixed 78.6
268% 95 MB/s
DQ Read 930
DQ Write 529
DQ Mixed 687
523% 715 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
WD Purple Surveillance 2TB (2017)-$70
1TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 117 116 119 119 118 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
65.1% Good
Read 110
Write 116
Mixed 56.8
SusWrite 117
73% 100 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 65.1%
Great: 104%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67
999GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 93 93 90 88 93 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
43.8% Average
Read 61.5
Write 34.2
Mixed 54.5
SusWrite 90.8
45% 60.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.7
143% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 43.8%
Great: 86%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Team Team-Elite-2400 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
43.7% Average
MC Read 15.4
MC Write 15
MC Mixed 13.3
42% 14.6 GB/s
SC Read 11.9
SC Write 15.3
SC Mixed 13.7
39% 13.6 GB/s
Latency 68.2
59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 43.7%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 50%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 43%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-D3H-CF

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