Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	132% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '19 at 17:34
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 90.4 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 804 80% 654 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2580 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 155 Parallax 127 115% 141 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 142 Splatting 117 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$35 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 321GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 519 456 307 310 310 309 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 1,201 Write 717 Mixed 887 SusWrite 369 177% 793 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 14 4K Mixed 21 102% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,132 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 240 301% 559 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 284%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 489GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 142 143 143 143 143 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 420 Write 141 Mixed 199 SusWrite 140 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 8.5 56% 13.8 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 99%
Gigabyte GP-GSTFS31480GNTD 480GB 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 380GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 152 153 153 147 147 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 465 Write 145 Mixed 198 SusWrite 148 52% 239 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 8.8 4K Mixed 14.3 82% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 10 DQ Mixed 18.7 48% 111 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x4GB 3,384 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	75.1% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.3 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 87%

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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 $45Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $457

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16