Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	139% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170M-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '19 at 07:56
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 145 2-Core 293 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 580 78% 582 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.7% 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 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.7% Good	Lighting 76.3 Reflection 115 Parallax 115 62% 102 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 93.2 78% 96.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PCIe SSD 512GB 568 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 528 455 442 436 448 372 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 642 Write 734 Mixed 596 SusWrite 447 136% 605 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 53.2 208% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 484 DQ Write 541 DQ Mixed 525 392% 517 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 242%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 338GB free Firmware: Q0922FS SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 460 462 463 462 461 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 432 Mixed 391 SusWrite 442 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 46.3 160% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 208 177% 257 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 126%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 86GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,578 Write 2386 Mixed 1,470 476% 2,145 MB/s	4K Read 79.5 4K Write 291 4K Mixed 117 425% 163 MB/s	DQ Read 1871 DQ Write 2,003 DQ Mixed 1821 1,402% 1,898 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 293GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 195 194 195 195 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 190 Mixed 105 SusWrite 192 126% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 234% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 31.1 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 30.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 91%

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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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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