Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '19 at 10:46
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 82.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 675 70% 564 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 188 Parallax 197 139% 185 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 182 Splatting 124 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 795GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 120 117 127 146 141 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 156 Write 158 Mixed 89.2 SusWrite 122 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 921GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 2.6 2.3 3.6 1.5 2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 160 Write 5.2 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 2.6 31% 43.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G KHX2666C15D4/8G KHX2133C14/8G KHX2666C15D4/8G 32GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 82%

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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 - $170

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	399x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	362x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	203x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	171x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	114x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	42x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	30x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	45x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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