Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	25.9% 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	217% 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.

Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '18 at 18:04
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	82%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 109 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 380 56% 410 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% XFX(1682 9560) 2GB CLim: 1295 MHz, MLim: 1748 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25.9% Poor	Lighting 31.2 Reflection 31.1 Parallax 40.1 25% 34.1 fps	MRender 32 Gravity 30.1 Splatting 35.2 27% 32.4 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 2,307 Write 1,112 Mixed 1,315 347% 1,578 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 27.8 170% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 53.9 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 26.1 64% 125 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 236%
Toshiba A100 240GB 5,900 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 117GB free Firmware: SBFA10.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6903 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3307 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 176 176 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1683 (C2) HDA temperature 67 57 184684773409	93.1% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 433 Mixed 473 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 12 118% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 11.4 87% 202 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905622-024.A00G 9905622-024.A00G 9905678-024.A00G 9905622-057.A00G 16GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.2% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 25.1 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 13 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 85%

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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 $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 $134	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