Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 114%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 99%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (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.
ProcessorWith 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics133% 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 Drive49.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit 种颜色
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160310
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 14 '17 at 23:23
Run Duration263 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 14%

 PC Performing above expectations (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
85.6% Excellent
Memory 90.9
1-Core 125
2-Core 241
86% 152 Pts
4-Core 432
8-Core 705
70% 569 Pts
64-Core 707
44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
133% Outstanding
Lighting 189
Reflection 209
Parallax 203
154% 200 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 179
Splatting 129
118% 145 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 133%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
446GB free
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
229% Outstanding
Read 1,970
Write 1,369
Mixed 1,206
335% 1,515 MB/s
4K Read 47.1
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 38.9
191% 72.8 MB/s
DQ Read 36.3
DQ Write 414
DQ Mixed 142
135% 198 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 229%
Great: 254%
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFD00.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
49.9% Average
Read 351
Write 165
Mixed 21.4
39% 179 MB/s
4K Read 15.9
4K Write 71.2
4K Mixed 6.49
70% 31.2 MB/s
DQ Read 230
DQ Write 46.6
DQ Mixed 5.81
38% 94.1 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 49.9%
Great: 99%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
94.2% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 159
Mixed 143
118% 157 MB/s
4K Read 1.02
4K Write 2.19
4K Mixed 0.22
107% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 94.2%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (37th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
69% Good
MC Read 25.8
MC Write 26.8
MC Mixed 19.2
68% 23.9 GB/s
SC Read 16.9
SC Write 27.4
SC Mixed 21.8
63% 22 GB/s
Latency 65.9
61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 69%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170-Gaming K3 Builds (Compare 1,173 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $625
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