Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	100% 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	21.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '19 at 16:07
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 270 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 743 74% 602 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gainward(10B0 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2507 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 59.7 Parallax 129 101% 104 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 136 Splatting 108 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba A100 240GB 5,900 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFA10.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 83 5 54 17 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Read 447 Write 303 Mixed 132 SusWrite 46.1 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.4 4% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 91%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 631GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2248 2158 1134 1145 1146 1144 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	332% Outstanding	Read 2,479 Write 2261 Mixed 1,682 SusWrite 1,496 444% 1,979 MB/s	4K Read 62.6 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 86.4 289% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,218 DQ Write 1,092 DQ Mixed 1,149 864% 1,153 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 332% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 209GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 125 124 127 126 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 132 Write 127 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 126 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 7,253 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 29.5 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 30.2 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 107%

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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-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	383x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	200x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	193x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
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 $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