Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	56.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '24 at 22:22
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 198 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 382 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6274) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 103 Parallax 96.1 85% 101 fps	MRender 92.8 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 92.8 77% 93.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 99 115 95 95 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 243 Write 179 Mixed 214 SusWrite 111 42% 187 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 31.9 111% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 137 101% 132 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 85%
Seagate ST500LX012-1LM162-SSHD 500GB 584 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 208GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 54 54 52 53 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 72.5 Write 69.7 Mixed 49.9 SusWrite 56 46% 62 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 1.9 374% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 23.4 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 90%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	26	5	60	21.5"	1280 720	HWP3183 HP 22cwa

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	190x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	173x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 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 $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	41x
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 $44Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $603

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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