Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	17.7% 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	93.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	10.7 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 17:00
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$113 342,244 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 (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 88.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 279 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 528 70% 527 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.1% 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 above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 21.9 Reflection 17.8 Parallax 22.2 18% 20.6 fps	MRender 24.7 Gravity 22.7 Splatting 18 17% 21.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.7% 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: 421 395 164 150 87 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 473 Mixed 399 SusWrite 225 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 41.3 158% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 306 224% 288 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 95%
WD WD3200AVJS-63WDA0 320GB 7,100 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 58GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 82 82 82 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 92.5 Write 94.8 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 81.1 60% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 737GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 191 194 194 193 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 193 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 192 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% 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 44 22 25 26 20 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 167 Write 52 Mixed 73 SusWrite 32.1 91% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.9 168% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.9% 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 (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.6% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.2 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.6% 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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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	393x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	330x
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	232x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	107x

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

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	98x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	47x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	35x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $596

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16