Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	250% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '18 at 23:07
Run Duration	321 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 221 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 704 73% 587 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 156 Parallax 135 118% 145 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 141 Splatting 120 104% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 310GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1275 1279 1251 1265 1282 1240 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1874 Write 1,457 Mixed 734 SusWrite 1,265 298% 1,333 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 210 4K Mixed 63.4 263% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 409 DQ Mixed 228 217% 338 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 416GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 467 468 473 472 469 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 459 Mixed 371 SusWrite 468 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 59 195% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 56.2 97% 186 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 179GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 469 471 455 448 446 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 454 Mixed 437 SusWrite 458 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 55.5 180% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 50 106% 216 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 174GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 467 Write 332 Mixed 276 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 26.5 102% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 27.4 51% 102 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 86%
SABRENT 500GB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 87GB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 311 Write 191 Mixed 275 318% 259 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 42.8 4,077% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.9 DQ Write 82.2 DQ Mixed 42.7 4,367% 52.3 MB/s
Poor: 13% Great: 285%
Inateck ASM1153E 2TB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 99 99 99 99 99 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 96.3 Write 82.5 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 98.2 112% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.1 172% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 78%
Samsung Flash Drive FIT 128GB 3,370 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 117GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 48 47 46 47 47 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 266 Write 85 Mixed 139 SusWrite 47.9 153% 134 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 16.1 4K Mixed 9.1 898% 12.1 MB/s	DQ Read 14.3 DQ Write 18.4 DQ Mixed 8.2 958% 13.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 117%
Kingston DT microDuo 3.0 64GB 816 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 57GB free, PID 16a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 15 15 14 15 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	20% Poor	Read 104 Write 43.5 Mixed 19 SusWrite 14.3 48% 45.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 1.7 83% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.3% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.2 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.9 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 104%

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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	384x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
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	194x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

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	29x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	96x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	45x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

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 $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