Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	119% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170M-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 10 '19 at 18:47
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 285 92% 168 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 570 76% 570 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 166 Parallax 155 132% 161 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 152 Splatting 119 106% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,873 Write 1,093 Mixed 432 247% 1,133 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 249 4K Mixed 45.4 249% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 1,169 DQ Mixed 216 325% 586 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 304GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 43 43 44 44 44 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 82.5 Write 88.1 Mixed 58.9 SusWrite 43.7 50% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 51%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB-$44 9,759 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 66GB free Firmware: GM2OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 60 60 60 59 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 78.3 Write 75.9 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 60.1 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GE2666C16K8 2x8GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 31.4 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 28.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 97%

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

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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 $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 $133	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