Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% 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.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '20 at 09:53
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 85.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 259 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 494 68% 503 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4001) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 146 Parallax 146 124% 148 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 129 Splatting 102 109% 138 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2019)-$49 14,978 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1626 Write 1155 Mixed 981 277% 1,254 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 65.1 223% 86.4 MB/s	DQ Read 849 DQ Write 513 DQ Mixed 749 540% 704 MB/s
Poor: 143% Great: 238%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 24GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 448 Write 433 Mixed 376 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 49 183% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 354 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 404GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 105 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 105 Write 87.5 Mixed 43.9 SusWrite 106 62% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 300GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 153 155 157 156 157 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 150 Write 111 Mixed 74.4 SusWrite 155 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.9% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.7 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 24 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 107%

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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 $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	369x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	206x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	173x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	118x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	44x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $766

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16