Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


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 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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	288% 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	1.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 13:46
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 644 65% 525 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.7% 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: 441.41 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 145 Parallax 147 129% 150 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 111% 141 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$89 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0118C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1332 890 866 611 618 291 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 2,492 Write 1,883 Mixed 1,429 SusWrite 768 366% 1,643 MB/s	4K Read 64.2 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 88.6 303% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1153 DQ Write 976 DQ Mixed 518 537% 882 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 70GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 456 449 467 469 460 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 462 Mixed 389 SusWrite 458 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 62.2 215% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 262 222% 324 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%

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)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 23.3 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 99%

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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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Typical GA-Z170-Gaming K3 Builds (Compare 1,175 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	400x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	363x
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 $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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16