Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% 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	16.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '17 at 17:14
Run Duration	324 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 485 60% 456 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 157 Parallax 134 128% 149 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 143 Splatting 112 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston SSDNow SNV Series 128GB 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: C091126a Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12757 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4133 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 100 171800395806 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 4310040584 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15857362407817	16.8% Very poor	Read 197 Write 44.3 Mixed 39.7 20% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 8.25 4K Write 7.27 4K Mixed 3.93 21% 6.48 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 30%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 78GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 1472 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1677 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 225961780 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5642 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1485 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 46 437846042 (C2) HDA temperature 26 54 34359738394 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 34 1472 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 22724671968825 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2107768432 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1953836881	55.1% Above average	Read 90.8 Write 101 Mixed 89.5 71% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.66 111% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 88%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 64GB 7,850 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 55GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	4.72% Terrible	Read 13.6 Write 7.38 Mixed 9.3 12% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.25 4K Write 0.12 4K Mixed 0.11 20% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.72% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X4GD3000C15K4 2x4GB 274 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 29 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 21.6 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 100%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 - $170

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	399x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	362x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	203x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	171x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	114x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	42x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	30x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	45x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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