Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '20 at 02:15
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 225 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 587 61% 490 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.4% Excellent	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 121 Parallax 107 81% 110 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 108 Splatting 100 84% 103 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 474 Write 460 Mixed 357 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 44.8 164% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 235 211% 319 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 375GB free Firmware: SBFK61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 323 139 99 100 100 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 190 Write 106 Mixed 338 SusWrite 184 46% 205 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 38 140% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 233 201% 294 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 304GB free Firmware: CC37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 105 104 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 113 Write 107 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 104 71% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CM4X4GD3000C15K4 0215 CM4X4GD3000C15K4 0215 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 0215 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	64.8% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 21.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 19.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 101%

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

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Typical GA-Z170-Gaming K3 Builds (Compare 1,180 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	401x
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	366x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	205x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	171x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	117x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	42x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $39Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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