Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	79.4% 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	63.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 10 '18 at 11:17
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 1.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	59.7% Above average	Memory 84.5 1-Core 63.7 2-Core 107 55% 85.1 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 253 28% 224 Pts	64-Core 278 17% 278 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 98.2 Reflection 112 Parallax 94.4 80% 101 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 95.6 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7447 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 555 (64) Unknown 100 100 9333632 (65) Unknown 100 100 903808 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 93 93 2751 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1251 (B7) Unknown 96 96 21 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 42 100 180388823082 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 93 93 7 (E9) Unknown 100 100 16229 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4946 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9572 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5966 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1	63.7% Good	Read 462 Write 258 Mixed 262 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 9.99 75% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 22 59% 128 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 916GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 165 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 650 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7306 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 627 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22702 (C2) HDA temperature 100 99 43 (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 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 237 (F1) Unknown 200 200 657630400 (F2) Unknown 200 200 601754407	94.6% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 161 Mixed 159 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.36 131% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 109%
Lexar JumpDrive S25 USB 3.0 32GB-$13 3,792 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 13GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 151 Write 33.3 Mixed 25.2 65% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.36 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.75 81% 2.69 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 20.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 16.7 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 110%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 - $170

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	399x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	362x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	203x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	171x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	114x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	42x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	30x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	45x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

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