Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.5% 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	93.3% 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	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.

High background CPU (22%). 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	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '18 at 16:57
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 82.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 278 91% 167 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 522 70% 521 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3753) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 16.5 Parallax 18.8 16% 18.5 fps	MRender 23 Gravity 22.3 Splatting 17.6 17% 21 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 412 188 143 156 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 475 Mixed 397 SusWrite 242 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 40.4 155% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 306 224% 288 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 95%
WD WD3200AVJS-63WDA0 320GB 7,100 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 58GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 78 79 80 81 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 89.5 Write 95.8 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 79.9 60% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 737GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 192 191 194 193 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 192 Mixed 85 SusWrite 192 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 64GB-$7 7,617 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 56GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 43 28 24 24 24 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 166 Write 63 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 33.1 95% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.8 161% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 16,624 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.5% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 20.8 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 89%

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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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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	387x
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	227x
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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	96x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $457

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16