Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	51.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '17 at 17:48
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 234 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 650 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 140 Parallax 130 111% 135 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 112 Splatting 94.1 83% 102 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 31 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2529 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 367 (64) Unknown 100 100 3084128 (65) Unknown 100 100 332064 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 70 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 909 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1337 (B7) Unknown 99 99 7 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 22 100 137439608854 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 31 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 31 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4923 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1550 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3379 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4704 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 31	51.4% Above average	Read 476 Write 238 Mixed 254 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 26.1 4K Mixed 6.36 52% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 95.2 DQ Write 50.2 DQ Mixed 24.4 31% 56.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 193192144 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1979 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16820240 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4134 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 516 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 72 48 471531548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 122 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23571 (C2) HDA temperature 28 52 38654705692 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 109775069120912 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17947022464 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9143722169	99.9% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 162 Mixed 158 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.28 84% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 27.7 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 27.8 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 105%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $242Bench 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 $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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