Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	75.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '16 at 16:03
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 694 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 207 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 46 (A3) Unknown 100 100 530 (94) Unknown 100 100 24820 (95) Unknown 100 100 355 (96) Unknown 100 100 204 (97) Unknown 100 100 335 (A4) Unknown 100 100 8657 (A5) Unknown 100 100 25 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28712311193621 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 72956 (F2) Unknown 100 100 60026 (F5) Unknown 100 100 102260 (F6) Unknown 100 100 99280 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	75.1% Very good	Read 480 Write 243 Mixed 258 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 53.5 4K Mixed 23.8 103% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 46.8 83% 166 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 95%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$32 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 77GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 100 36 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 288 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 48 (A9) Unknown 100 100 14 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 41 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 100 171798691868 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3274 (F1) Unknown 253 253 751 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1023	81.3% Excellent	Read 493 Write 360 Mixed 412 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 4.14 105% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 31.3 84% 175 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 23238600 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 230 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 295533 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 230 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 689766430 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3731 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 73014444062 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 81368155423342 (F1) Unknown 100 253 161098266 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41335445	104% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 174 Mixed 175 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.23 85% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 581GB free Firmware: AX0A4M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1463 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2893 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 600 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 13549 (0A) Spinup retry count 157 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1142 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 178 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 216541 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 227634053141 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 56 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 5760 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1576 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 276 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	57.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 99.9 Mixed 97.8 75% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.22 68% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 25.4 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 24.5 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 101%

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Typical GA-Z170-Gaming K3 Builds (Compare 1,183 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 - $170

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	402x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	367x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	205x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	171x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	118x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	42x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $669

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16