Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.3% 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	27.4% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '17 at 21:38
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 434 55% 416 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.9 93% 110 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 14GB free Firmware: MU01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 194 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1152 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 24 (A3) Unknown 100 100 344 (94) Unknown 100 100 56948 (95) Unknown 100 100 840 (96) Unknown 100 100 678 (97) Unknown 100 100 814 (A4) Unknown 100 100 23132 (A5) Unknown 100 100 39 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40824304238620 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 269 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 80841 (F2) Unknown 100 100 300005 (F5) Unknown 100 100 136623 (F6) Unknown 100 100 113896 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	75.5% Very good	Read 481 Write 239 Mixed 260 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 23.5 106% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 44.3 81% 163 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 91%
SanDisk SSD 64GB-$56 3,862 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5501 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2097 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 172 (AE) Unknown 100 100 261 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 573 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 840 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17875097232 (F2) Unknown 100 100 22528642137	27.4% Poor	Read 358 Write 80.6 Mixed 40.4 34% 160 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 4.46 28% 7.75 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 48%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 336GB free Firmware: CR100-11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7424 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4340 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15116 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2395 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 610672 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 15 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 28 (C2) HDA temperature 154 103 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 610672 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 1	40.4% Average	Read 67.1 Write 73.5 Mixed 75.6 54% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.38 85% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 44%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 64GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 139 (03) Spinup time 117 117 25791365448 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5338 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 20223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4193 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 9976 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 9976 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 197568888864 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 111	36.8% Below average	Read 59.5 Write 68.5 Mixed 65.2 49% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.32 77% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 28.3 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 31.1 SC Mixed 24.2 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 91%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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