Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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.
Boot Drive	121% 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	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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '18 at 15:08
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 459 61% 456 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 149 Parallax 126 109% 136 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 131 Splatting 110 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 572 205 133 126 109 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 771 Write 581 Mixed 572 SusWrite 204 119% 532 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 53.1 191% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 557 DQ Mixed 323 272% 386 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 157%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 53GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 277 276 275 277 276 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 451 Mixed 332 SusWrite 290 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 56 187% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 218 203% 314 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 118%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 498GB 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 447GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 88 86 87 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 93 Write 85.7 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 87.2 60% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 90%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 121GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 78 64 59 60 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 88.5 Write 56.5 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 67.9 49% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 110%
SAMSUNG HD502HI 500GB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 170GB free, PID 0216 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 34 34 34 34 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 37.7 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 34 48% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	78% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 25.6 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 99%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	383x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	319x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	200x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	191x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	67x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	29x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	96x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	45x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	33x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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