Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.2% 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	70.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z170M-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	25.9 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 22:52
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 80.8 1-Core 135 2-Core 273 88% 163 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 506 70% 518 Pts	64-Core 529 33% 529 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 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 (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 114 Parallax 95.9 83% 104 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 94.1 Splatting 101 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% 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 84 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 62 49 38 (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 67 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4221568957	101% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 447 Mixed 465 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 32 135% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 19.4 88% 195 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 above expectations (70^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 49 (AB) Unknown 100 100 236086608 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (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 2434 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9521 (F9) Unknown 100 100 86824347	101% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 447 Mixed 411 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 28.8 134% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 68.5 112% 218 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
Crucial M500 240GB-$79 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^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 22379 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 117 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 89 89 352 (AE) Unknown 100 100 93 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 49 219043332134 (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 34958030322 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1119692336 (F8) Unknown 100 100 178473858	70.8% Very good	Read 501 Write 267 Mixed 350 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 16.1 109% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 17.1 27% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 91%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$100 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 32GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1166 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3538988 (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 11 (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 100 100 850 (EA) Unknown 100 100 908 (F1) Unknown 253 253 890 (F2) Unknown 253 253 69 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	86.6% Excellent	Read 500 Write 351 Mixed 336 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 21.1 118% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 44.6 86% 173 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 107%

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 (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.1% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 14 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 12.8 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 86%

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H - $117

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	191x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	176x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	85x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	75x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	60x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	41x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	33x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	22x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	17x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $538

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16