Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '17 at 23:27
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$59 342,244 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)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 565 8-Core 572 76% 568 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2352 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 75.8 Parallax 65 63% 72.8 fps	MRender 85.8 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 77.5 65% 79.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
INTENSO 128GB 3,345 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 947 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 414 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 21 (AD) Unknown 100 100 22216744 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2513478	49.9% Average	Read 429 Write 156 Mixed 240 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 6.55 75% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 79 DQ Mixed 4.76 17% 36 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 91%
WDC WD64 00AAKS-65Z7B0 640GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 524GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18.9% Very poor	Read 36.3 Write 36.3 Mixed 24.4 41% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.43 79% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 28.5 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 27.6 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	402x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	370x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	206x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	174x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	118x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	44x
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	63x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	52x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	45x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $766

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369