Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	17.9 Days
Run Date	May 04 '17 at 14:17
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 413 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.57 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 113 Parallax 95.4 89% 106 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 95 78% 95.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 127 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 341 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 19 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 61 167504642082 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4631413716 (F7) Unknown 100 100 145246605 (F8) Unknown 100 100 91580930 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1262 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	79.2% Very good	Read 473 Write 325 Mixed 334 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 23.7 102% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 40.2 78% 156 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 175GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 0 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4660 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4458577091 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7047 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4352 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 571670562 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 60129542178 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 22 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 94515050322277 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2740511140 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1970788488	59.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 106 Mixed 97.8 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.76 131% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x8GB 8,400 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.6% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 10.4 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.6 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 57%

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Typical GA-Z170-Gaming K3 Builds (Compare 1,190 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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	402x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	369x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	145x

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	63x
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 $39
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