Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.8% 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	245% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '19 at 16:59
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 707 72% 585 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 115 Parallax 109 89% 111 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG Gammix S11 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 2,445 User benchmarks, average bench 208% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1031 1306 1446 1467 1347 1396 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1,777 Write 1,329 Mixed 1,133 SusWrite 1,332 312% 1,393 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 72.7 244% 95.3 MB/s	DQ Read 38.4 DQ Write 700 DQ Mixed 1,060 615% 599 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 310%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 223GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 142 159 156 164 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 317 Write 218 Mixed 218 SusWrite 157 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 34.7 130% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 20.6 DQ Write 57.2 DQ Mixed 24.5 23% 34.1 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 84%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 217GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 120 122 122 123 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 124 Write 113 Mixed 69.6 SusWrite 122 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 400GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 125 125 125 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 129 Write 128 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 125 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 24.2 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 85%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	383x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	319x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	200x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	191x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	67x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	45x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	33x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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