Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '18 at 19:33
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 274 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 506 66% 499 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1846 MHz, MLim: 1906 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.9% Poor	Lighting 4.77 Reflection 118 Parallax 105 4% 76 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 106 Splatting 84.6 77% 95.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 87%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.89% Terrible	Lighting 7.47 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 7.31 6% 8.5 fps	MRender 7.52 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 14.7 8% 9.69 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.89% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^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 3528 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 482 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 39 (AE) Unknown 100 100 219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 51 210454249500 (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 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9639235300 (F7) Unknown 100 100 302435185 (F8) Unknown 100 100 132097959 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1261 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	67% Good	Read 483 Write 278 Mixed 316 79% 359 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 14.3 98% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 87 DQ Mixed 14.2 23% 43 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 95%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$33 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 228GB free Firmware: SN04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 63 41785813 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 882 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 367977603 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9109 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 637 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 48 487587869 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 277 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1133 (C2) HDA temperature 29 52 60129542173 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 7 41785813 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	98.9% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 171 Mixed 163 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.48 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 0.57 178% 1.64 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x16GB 1,330 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	45.7% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 12.8 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 14.3 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 58%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	384x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	202x

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 $94Bench 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	34x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

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 $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