Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.9% 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	53.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (84%). 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	12.9 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	May 09 '18 at 20:23
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	84%

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)	78.9% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 200 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 399 53% 396 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.9% 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)	55.9% Above average	Lighting 71.5 Reflection 69.4 Parallax 68.1 58% 69.6 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 62.9 Splatting 56.2 51% 63.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: Q0914A0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^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 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 98 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1607 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4770 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3798 (F5) Unknown 100 100 3555	75.7% Very good	Read 508 Write 244 Mixed 329 79% 360 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 5.95 107% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 5.77 72% 170 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 120GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10463212 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 56169582298489 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 504 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 89 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 44 60132425763 (C2) HDA temperature 35 44 60132425763 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10463212 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10463212 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10463212 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 38654705665 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4223 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2892 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2892 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3444 (F4) Unknown 100 100 4063260	53.9% Above average	Read 345 Write 126 Mixed 163 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 12.9 96% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 86.6 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 23.8 42% 80.1 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 112%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 4391 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1356 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 877 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1467 (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	87.4% Excellent	Read 168 Write 137 Mixed 139 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.21 96% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 86%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 123GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 89 (03) Spinup time 120 120 25790447932 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3267 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5029 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2699 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3267 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3267 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 206159347738 (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	73.3% Very good	Read 129 Write 126 Mixed 116 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.31 81% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.3% 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 below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.4% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27.5 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 23.3 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 98%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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	319x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	200x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	191x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	67x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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