Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.1% 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	115% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	15.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150723
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '19 at 01:22
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 88.7 1-Core 145 2-Core 288 95% 174 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 551 75% 556 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.1% Very good	Lighting 96.7 Reflection 113 Parallax 93.5 79% 101 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 101 80% 96.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$69 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 299GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 378 382 386 398 396 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 443 Mixed 222 SusWrite 390 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 47 183% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 271 223% 320 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 119%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 100GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 342 352 349 354 351 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 483 Write 295 Mixed 247 SusWrite 347 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 15.4 125% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 86.5 108% 186 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 543GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 180 184 180 183 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 178 Mixed 84 SusWrite 181 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 809GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 78 80 79 79 80 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 66.5 Write 66.7 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 79.2 49% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 201 215 217 216 216 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 136 Write 127 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 212 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 106%
WD My Passport 07A8 1TB 5,659 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 369GB free, PID 07a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 63 63 64 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 62.7 Write 63.7 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 63.4 79% 58.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 94% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2133C15-8GIS 1302 PSD48G21332 0420 F4-2133C15-8GIS 24GB 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.6% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 18 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 19.5 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns

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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 $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 $184	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) $35	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