Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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	246% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160115
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 11:17
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 90.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 692 74% 589 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 192 Parallax 176 146% 182 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 178 Splatting 122 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Viper M.2 VPN100 1TB 3,813 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 546GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1580 859 894 855 863 893 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,153 Write 2,356 Mixed 1,345 SusWrite 990 332% 1,461 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 195 4K Mixed 82.1 282% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,122 DQ Write 1,210 DQ Mixed 1,310 946% 1,214 MB/s
Poor: 156% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 287%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 234GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 66 67 68 68 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 60.5 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 65.8 38% 52.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.5 90% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 67%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 505GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 170 173 174 173 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 144 Mixed 29 SusWrite 172 91% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 719GB free Firmware: 0707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 88 88 82 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 59 Write 88.2 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 85.1 56% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.6 158% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 66%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 596GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 86 86 87 86 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 112 Write 79.7 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 84.4 62% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.2 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.6 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 96%

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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 $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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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