Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.5% 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	187% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	16.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161020
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 16:52
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 266 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 739 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 2424) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.5% Very good	Lighting 96.6 Reflection 110 Parallax 102 79% 103 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 89.4 Splatting 92.4 75% 91.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 38GB free Firmware: SBFD00.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8773 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 242 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 94 94 198 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393233 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1522	78.1% Very good	Read 515 Write 398 Mixed 334 92% 415 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 7.28 116% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 37.9 DQ Write 23.7 DQ Mixed 14.5 15% 25.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 99%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 2,095 Write 678 Mixed 845 262% 1,206 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 40 193% 75.1 MB/s	DQ Read 46.4 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 28.5 42% 75.8 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 283%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 197 9100 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 872 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3735 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15706 (C2) HDA temperature 121 111 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	86.6% Excellent	Read 156 Write 146 Mixed 150 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.25 103% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 98%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$63 6,344 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1.5TB free Firmware: MKAOA3B0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 196609 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 80 (03) Spinup time 147 147 51572113962 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4963 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 48405 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 457 (C0) Power-off retract count 50 50 60059 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 50 50 60059 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 219044446240 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 756467	69.6% Good	Read 146 Write 96.8 Mixed 102 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.26 91% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 28.1 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 27.6 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.4% 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	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	201x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	194x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
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 $45Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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