Gigabyte GA-Z370M DS3H-CF

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	35.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 Z370M DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370M DS3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '18 at 08:13
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 889 88% 719 Pts	64-Core 1,127 70% 1,127 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE300000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 181 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 171 (A5) Unknown 100 100 501 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 22 (A9) Unknown 100 100 152 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 53 227633266731 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1284215931179 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 871 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2791 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1044 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1231 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	35.2% Below average	Read 483 Write 43.7 Mixed 14.1 38% 180 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 12.3 4K Mixed 2.81 39% 11.5 MB/s	DQ Read 92.3 DQ Write 16.4 DQ Mixed 4.99 16% 37.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 53%
WD WDS120G2G0A-00JH30 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 804GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 149 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 148 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 96 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 412 (C2) HDA temperature 104 98 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	104% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 169 Mixed 160 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.37 132% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$33 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 148GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 19389 (03) Spinup time 155 151 3216 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7213 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 39724 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6805 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1722 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7212 (C2) HDA temperature 102 83 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.9% Average	Read 88.7 Write 64 Mixed 79.9 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.34 97% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.9% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 18.6 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 21.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 88%

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 43%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z370M DS3H-CF

CPU
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	223x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	209x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	150x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	125x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	77x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	70x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	37x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	28x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	26x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	32x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	29x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	24x

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Value: 108% - Outstanding

Total price: $312

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