Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	136% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago, 2 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '24 at 17:59
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$118 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 445 58% 438 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 536.67 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Lighting 65.4 Reflection 72.6 Parallax 63.9 53% 67.3 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 64.8 Splatting 57 51% 63.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 135 136 143 145 143 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 1,448 Write 893 Mixed 448 SusWrite 196 164% 746 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 39 146% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 829 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 236 236% 399 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 236%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 437GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 104 103 106 107 107 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 114 Write 43.3 Mixed 52.4 SusWrite 102 57% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 108%
WD WD2500BJKT-75F4T0 250GB 689 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 31GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 57 57 58 58 58 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 63.9 Write 64.9 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 57.4 43% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 3,395 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 21.7 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.1 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 85%

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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	67	55	60	23.1"	1280 720	GSM5817 IPS231

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H - $137

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	190x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	173x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 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	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 $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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $558

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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