Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% 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	265% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '17 at 12:39
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 281 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 771 82% 657 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2957 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 210 Parallax 186 156% 196 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 180 Splatting 131 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
2.5" SATA SSD 3ME4 256GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 238GB free Firmware: L16B01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 0 0 0 (02) Throughput performance 0 0 0 (03) Spinup time 0 0 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 23 (07) Seek error rate 0 0 0 (08) Seek timer performance 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 131 (0A) Spinup retry count 0 0 0 (0C) Power cycle count 70 0 70 (A3) Unknown 0 0 62 (A8) Unknown 0 0 0 (A9) Unknown 100 0 100 (AF) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 0 0 50 (C2) HDA temperature 39 100 3487515869224 (C5) Current pending sector count 0 0 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 0 0 0 (F0) Head flying hours 0 0 0 (A5) Unknown 13 100 13 (A7) Unknown 0 100 4 (AA) Unknown 100 100 145 (AB) Unknown 0 100 0 (AC) Unknown 0 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 2 (E5) Unknown 100 100 89586903891096 (E8) Unknown 0 0 0 (EB) Unknown 0 0 3604480 (F1) Unknown 100 100 27685 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10361	53.4% Above average	Read 202 Write 188 Mixed 249 48% 213 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 17 108% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 35.1 DQ Write 78.8 DQ Mixed 20 26% 44.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 66%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,659 Write 977 Mixed 1,171 350% 1,602 MB/s	4K Read 61.9 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 63.2 251% 89.9 MB/s	DQ Read 573 DQ Write 422 DQ Mixed 38.8 153% 345 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 236%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 333GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896960696 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2887 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3489 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1604 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2887 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2887 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 188979281949 (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 0	92.7% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 156 Mixed 140 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.17 95% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 24.3 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 27.8 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 107%

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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 $40	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