Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.4%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	142% 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	148% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '17 at 06:08
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-6600K-$222 106,155 User benchmarks, average bench 89% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	SC Int 127 SC Float 135 SC Mixed 131 105% 131 Pts	QC Int 465 QC Float 491 QC Mixed 482 109% 479 Pts	MC Int 469 MC Float 498 MC Mixed 472 72% 480 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$550 204,755 User benchmarks, average bench 125% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2577 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Lighting 463 Reflection 414 Parallax 480 145% 452 fps	MRender 253 Gravity 437 Splatting 266 140% 319 fps
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 143%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$130 14,421 User benchmarks, average bench 138% 164GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 1,334 Write 548 Mixed 764 194% 882 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 45.9 155% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 99.2 126% 218 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 158%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$119 21,171 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 145GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (85^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 100 100 686 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 438 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 28 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 52 206159609891 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4573997963 (F7) Unknown 100 100 143014649 (F8) Unknown 100 100 68493506 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1918 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	79.7% Very good	Read 473 Write 339 Mixed 341 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 25.1 104% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 45.6 75% 142 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$205 1,067 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled	93.5% Outstanding	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 30.4 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 36.1 SC Mixed 27.3 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 124%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 52%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $222Bench 89%, 106,155 samples	350x
Core i7-6700KIntel $359Bench 91%, 204,877 samples	317x
Core i7-7700KIntel $290Bench 100%, 156,048 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 72%, 246,054 samples	281x
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 262,129 samples	259x
GTX 1080Nvidia $550Bench 125%, 204,755 samples	136x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $90Bench 94%, 282,195 samples	156x
A100 240GBToshibaBench 71%, 1,238 samples	84x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $136Bench 95%, 184,154 samples	76x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $183Bench 84%, 64,104 samples	128x
9905622-024.A00G 9905622-024.A00G 9905678-024.A00G 9905622-057.A00G 16GBKingstonBench 81%, 127 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $95Bench 71%, 16,662 samples	47x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $785

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $90
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $290	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $136
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $176	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $193	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12