Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	34.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '20 at 19:49
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 224 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 413 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 870A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.5% Good	Lighting 74 Reflection 85.3 Parallax 69.3 60% 76.2 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 74 Splatting 96.5 76% 92 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 105 108 103 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 168 Write 105 Mixed 126 SusWrite 105 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 15.6 4K Mixed 14.4 61% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 91.1 DQ Write 45.4 DQ Mixed 51.7 43% 62.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 66%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 52GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 126 128 127 129 39 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 413 Write 132 Mixed 164 SusWrite 122 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 23.5 98% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 28.1 53% 106 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 85%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 26,501 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 128GB free Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 968 256 256 255 257 255 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 990 Write 1,044 Mixed 932 SusWrite 374 188% 835 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 63.6 213% 79.3 MB/s	DQ Read 740 DQ Write 1,027 DQ Mixed 782 619% 849 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 223%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 507GB free Firmware: CC98 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 80 76 79 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 95.7 Write 98.5 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 77.6 60% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 0215 CM4X4GD3000C15K4 0215 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 0215 CM4X4GD3000C15K4 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 31.7 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 35.8 SC Mixed 25.7 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 100%

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Typical GA-Z170-Gaming K3 Builds (Compare 1,173 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	399x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	362x
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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	45x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

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