Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	109% 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	175% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '20 at 13:43
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing way below expectations (20^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Memory 64.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 75% 139 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 424 54% 408 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.9% 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: 456.55 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 135 Parallax 137 114% 138 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 122 Splatting 105 107% 135 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 109% 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% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 278 271 261 263 256 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,429 Write 1284 Mixed 1,115 SusWrite 296 230% 1031 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 57.8 198% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 836 DQ Write 899 DQ Mixed 789 615% 841 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 238%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 24GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 135 85 70 62 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 408 Mixed 364 SusWrite 110 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 53.8 183% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 195GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 137 136 138 138 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 139 Write 134 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 138 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.3% 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 way below expectations (4^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 18.1 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.3 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 107%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 - $170

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	401x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $669

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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