Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	117% 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	286% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '19 at 22:39
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 616 61% 499 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 3FF6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 144 Parallax 155 127% 151 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 132 Splatting 105 110% 139 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0118C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1406 803 824 850 852 849 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 2354 Write 1,021 Mixed 1,223 SusWrite 931 306% 1,382 MB/s	4K Read 60.4 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 84.8 282% 99.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1155 DQ Write 962 DQ Mixed 511 532% 876 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 234GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 449 442 465 464 462 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 453 Mixed 365 SusWrite 455 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 63.1 208% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 350 263% 351 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 81.5 Write 78 Mixed 54.5 89% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.1 72% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.8 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 23 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 99%

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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 - $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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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