Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56% 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)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 22:06
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 444 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 85%

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: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56% Above average	Lighting 71.8 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 68.4 58% 69.9 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 55.3 51% 63.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 120GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 256 Write 148 Mixed 191 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 34.3 132% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 53.5 59% 98.9 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 112%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: Q0914A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 238 241 241 241 240 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 503 Write 241 Mixed 282 SusWrite 236 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 16.8 111% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 24.6 64% 131 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 73%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 129 132 131 132 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 144 Write 118 Mixed 83 SusWrite 130 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 86%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 122GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 114 118 118 116 120 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 87.3 Write 80.2 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 114 62% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.7% 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 (69^th percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 27.3 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 24.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	386x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	195x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	103x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	96x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $460

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16