Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	181% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (34%). 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.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '21 at 22:47
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 450 61% 454 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1336 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Lighting 66.3 Reflection 62 Parallax 90 54% 72.8 fps	MRender 62.3 Gravity 71 Splatting 46.3 48% 59.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 26,501 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 259 264 257 263 259 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1467 Write 1,186 Mixed 1,172 SusWrite 281 229% 1,027 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 71.7 235% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 817 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 799 577% 748 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 223%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 635GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 56 56 57 59 57 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 67.9 Write 44.4 Mixed 45.2 SusWrite 57 40% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 42%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 187GB free Firmware: VT100-41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 68 68 68 69 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 65.4 Write 68.5 Mixed 45.6 SusWrite 68.2 46% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 38%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 904GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	24.6% Poor	Read 42.6 Write 41 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 42.8 29% 39.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 110%
WDC WD20 EFRX-68EUZN0 2TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 760GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 38.1 Write 36.8 Mixed 30.6 SusWrite 37.7 49% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 115% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 7,607 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 30.5 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 28 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	388x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	227x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	195x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	104x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	96x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $460

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	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