Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	233% 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

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '20 at 14:28
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 156 2-Core 311 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 864 87% 707 Pts	64-Core 860 53% 860 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 151 Parallax 143 114% 145 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 135 Splatting 114 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 590 324 308 299 294 290 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 2,127 Write 1,482 Mixed 580 SusWrite 351 250% 1,135 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 197 4K Mixed 58.5 251% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,049 DQ Write 1,262 DQ Mixed 714 661% 1,008 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 589GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 110 109 109 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 120 Write 96.2 Mixed 71 SusWrite 109 73% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 517GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 165 166 166 168 167 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 109 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 166 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 112%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 300GB free Firmware: GG2OACA0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 83 83 83 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 79.8 Write 74 Mixed 30 SusWrite 82.4 48% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 30 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 30.8 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 85%

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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-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	384x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	194x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	29x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	96x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	45x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

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