Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	125% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '18 at 23:08
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 272 90% 165 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 755 76% 617 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 147 Parallax 126 114% 138 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 131 Splatting 104 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 159GB free Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3531 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 412 (A5) Unknown 100 100 30867874 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 55 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1023 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 54 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 65 279173595164 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1181120659731 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5198 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9094 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8488 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6745 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.5% Excellent	Read 493 Write 348 Mixed 335 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 19.3 108% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 38.7 90% 191 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 108%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 1,593 Write 420 Mixed 382 172% 798 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 18.7 114% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 40.1 DQ Write 76.2 DQ Mixed 42.8 37% 53 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 155%
Microsoft Virtual Disk 120GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 43GB free Firmware: 1.0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	91.9% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 453 Mixed 470 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 16.4 106% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 61.4 113% 224 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 92%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 867GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 6258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1959 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12019 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1519 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 119 119 244315 (C2) HDA temperature 121 103 29 (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	61.9% Good	Read 110 Write 105 Mixed 111 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.19 93% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.3 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 24.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 85%

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

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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	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 $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 $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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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