Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151026
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '18 at 21:55
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$81 342,244 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 (87^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 444 60% 446 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.8% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 112 Parallax 111 84% 109 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 91 76% 93.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 438 Write 380 Mixed 344 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 59.2 194% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 158 Write 75.7 Mixed 87.5 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 292GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 137 Write 64.3 Mixed 79.8 70% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.6% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 14.6 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.6 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 51%

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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 $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	171x
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	74x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	59x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	33x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	22x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	17x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $583

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16