Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.3% 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	97.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 17:22
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 708 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 859F) ≥ 4GB; asus 1070 8GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.3% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 111 Parallax 102 83% 105 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 93.5 Splatting 96.9 78% 95.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 354GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^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 20794 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 633 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 200 (AE) Unknown 100 100 483 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 56 188979609633 (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 11 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 35864945122 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1180788288 (F8) Unknown 100 100 5632009603	97.8% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 462 Mixed 459 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 33.3 134% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 15.2 65% 140 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 107%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 838GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 148452488 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7658 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11655754 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17708 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 545 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 17180262406 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 57 588578844 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 71082 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 51539607580 (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 -36262408874014 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14766586980 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19890169932	89% Excellent	Read 169 Write 141 Mixed 132 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.24 85% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 536GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 135501520 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16803 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9260130 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 39643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 797 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 48 13524008993 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 562 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 65299 (C2) HDA temperature 33 52 -140737488355295 (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 -88957362631104 (F1) Unknown 100 253 76885364805311 (F2) Unknown 100 253 51140543906016	77.8% Very good	Read 143 Write 129 Mixed 103 93% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.27 73% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 237GB free Firmware: 3.AAJ Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 88 200819296 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19516 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 83 59 223119272 (09) Power-on hours count 22 22 68672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1738 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 37 3226109804579 (C2) HDA temperature 35 63 73014444067 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 47 82252517 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 23 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42.4% Average	Read 75.2 Write 72.5 Mixed 70.2 55% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.33 85% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 229GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 86 240789504 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 22227 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 446229267 (09) Power-on hours count 26 26 65117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 96 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1890 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 35 589299747 (C2) HDA temperature 35 65 64424509475 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 49 122593390 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.2% Average	Read 72.5 Write 71 Mixed 71.9 54% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.44 100% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 43%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 49GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 167 162 6641 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18250 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 22 22 57341 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 999 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 775 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17753 (C2) HDA temperature 118 99 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	59.2% Above average	Read 107 Write 99 Mixed 101 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.16 69% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 67%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 190GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 33.8 Write 34.8 Mixed 16.2 35% 28.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.12 42% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GB 9,100 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.1 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 25.6 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 107%

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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	383x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
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	193x
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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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