Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.2% 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	59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '16 at 14:36
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 554 74% 555 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7633 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 100 90% 108 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 99.2 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 159602917 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -99488622443114 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 182 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 17 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 41 81607065635 (C2) HDA temperature 35 41 81607065635 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 159602917 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 159602917 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 159602917 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98784247808 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2450 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1837 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1837 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9268 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3801103	59.9% Above average	Read 497 Write 102 Mixed 166 55% 255 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 11.3 101% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 100 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 9.84 37% 81.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 75%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 137 10091 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3607 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19009 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3584 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 453 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 78497 (C2) HDA temperature 118 110 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.4% Above average	Read 94.4 Write 95 Mixed 92.4 71% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.32 91% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 55%
JetFlash Transcend 32GB 11,405 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 27GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	6.6% Terrible	Read 23.7 Write 8.92 Mixed 6.54 14% 13 MB/s	4K Read 5.09 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.004 19% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x4GB-$47 29,751 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 26.5 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 34.9 SC Mixed 26.3 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 98%

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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