Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 18:25
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 395 53% 394 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Lighting 70.7 Reflection 69.1 Parallax 60.8 58% 66.9 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 56.7 52% 64.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14368145 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -29403346107047 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 473 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 85 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 44 60132425762 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 60132425762 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14368145 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14368145 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14368145 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 38654705665 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4070 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2757 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2757 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3268 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3735578	59% Above average	Read 507 Write 107 Mixed 161 56% 258 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 17.1 93% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 80.5 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 34.8 47% 84 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 73%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 2TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 168 4441 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1314 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2279 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 846 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1376 (C2) HDA temperature 123 106 24 (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	80.4% Excellent	Read 140 Write 140 Mixed 139 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.22 99% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 105%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 76GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 89 (03) Spinup time 119 119 25790710078 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3223 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 136 32 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4997 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2668 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3223 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3223 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 206159347737 (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 200 200 1	68.8% Good	Read 127 Write 113 Mixed 116 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.33 79% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.7 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 23.3 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 98%

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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 $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 $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 $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