Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	47.6% 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	36.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150908
Uptime	11.8 Days
Run Date	May 06 '17 at 23:08
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (60^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 135 2-Core 270 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 515 69% 516 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 850E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.6% Average	Lighting 57.7 Reflection 66.5 Parallax 57.8 47% 60.6 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 58.1 Splatting 52.1 49% 60.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 119GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3087 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 327 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 250 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131081 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 890	83.4% Excellent	Read 516 Write 357 Mixed 354 90% 409 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 10.1 102% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 46.1 97% 199 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 97%
SB M2 SSD 120GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3111 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 348 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 57 (AD) Unknown 100 100 102236229 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2573150	36.7% Below average	Read 229 Write 73.6 Mixed 108 30% 137 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 4.23 72% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 86.5 DQ Write 61.7 DQ Mixed 4.21 22% 50.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 62%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 402GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1437 (03) Spinup time 176 173 2175 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6395 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26281 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1060 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6307 (C2) HDA temperature 109 98 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	104% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 173 Mixed 160 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.34 126% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 904 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24.7 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 87%

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H - $138

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	190x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	170x
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	39x
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	21x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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