Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170M-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '17 at 20:57
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 66.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 282 86% 163 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 537 72% 538 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 112 Parallax 92.2 82% 102 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 93.9 Splatting 99.5 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7WD960HMHP-00003 960GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 458GB free Firmware: DXV8C03Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8219 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 61 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 99 99 1 (B4) Unknown 99 99 6168 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 99 99 1 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 49 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 48 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4189724995	101% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 447 Mixed 467 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 31.6 131% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 130 149% 254 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
OCZ SABER1000 960GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 150GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11270 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (AB) Unknown 100 100 236086608 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 8 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2420 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9510 (F9) Unknown 100 100 86214621	94.3% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 340 Mixed 365 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 33.1 134% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 65.1 108% 212 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 112%
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22378 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 89 89 351 (AE) Unknown 100 100 75 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 49 219043332133 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 89 89 11 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 34926071456 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1118667499 (F8) Unknown 100 100 177332129	73.3% Very good	Read 500 Write 268 Mixed 347 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 16.9 108% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 42.4 58% 99.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 91%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 32GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1165 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3407915 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 66 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1117 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 63 270584643614 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 51539607564 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 848 (EA) Unknown 100 100 892 (F1) Unknown 253 253 875 (F2) Unknown 253 253 58 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	77.3% Very good	Read 501 Write 255 Mixed 282 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 13.1 104% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 43.7 94% 195 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 107%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 604 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 16GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 88.1 Write 60.7 Mixed 84.8 97% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.51 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 1.61 152% 4.01 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBR 2x16GB 322 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.1% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 13.1 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 14.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H - $138

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	190x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	172x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	85x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	75x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	59x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	40x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	33x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	22x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	17x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $574

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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