Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '21 at 01:56
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 220 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 408 53% 398 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.4% Very good	Lighting 92.1 Reflection 105 Parallax 94.6 75% 97.3 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 93.4 76% 92.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$109 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 719GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 415 434 446 455 444 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 442 Mixed 414 SusWrite 420 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 52 178% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 128%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$54 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 520GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 109 109 109 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 125 Write 108 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 108 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 211% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.1% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 23.6 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 21.4 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 1,175 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	400x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	363x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	30x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $619

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16