Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.7% 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	82.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	19.1 Days
Run Date	May 09 '24 at 19:15
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 210 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 400 53% 398 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.7% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 126 Parallax 116 95% 120 fps	MRender 90.4 Gravity 121 Splatting 108 88% 106 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$50 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 354 158 383 189 203 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 465 Write 392 Mixed 294 SusWrite 259 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 31.6 108% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 254 210% 298 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 125%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 158GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 130 126 132 129 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 146 Write 155 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 129 82% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 143% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 107%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 311GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 72 73 70 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 65.6 Write 81.5 Mixed 46.4 SusWrite 72 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 55% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.2% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 21 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 18.9 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 81%

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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	48	13	120	23.5"	1920 1027	BNQ7F04 BenQ XL2420T

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 44%

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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 $68Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	33x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16