Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.8% 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	94.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '18 at 07:17
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 253 93% 163 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 780 77% 629 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.9 91% 110 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 100 Splatting 102 82% 99.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM22.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 376 337 343 352 323 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 430 Mixed 303 SusWrite 343 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 35.4 137% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 154 155% 248 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 95GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 466 462 463 465 463 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 439 Mixed 392 SusWrite 454 99% 437 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 58.5 197% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 269GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 100 104 105 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 105 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 103 69% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 93%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 181GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 102 103 104 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	60% Above average	Read 106 Write 96.1 Mixed 60.9 SusWrite 103 67% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 98%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 28GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 107 106 107 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 88 Write 88.7 Mixed 20 SusWrite 107 55% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 29.1 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 29.9 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 105%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $81Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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