Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics72.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive186% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemGigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime2.5 Days
Run DateJan 18 '21 at 02:32
Run Duration156 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU3%
Watch Gameplay: 1660S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
86.6% Excellent
Memory 95.2
1-Core 117
2-Core 234
85% 149 Pts
4-Core 452
8-Core 452
60% 452 Pts
64-Core 452
28% 452 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89
Performing below potential (67th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
72.5% Very good
Lighting 90.8
Reflection 89.3
Parallax 84.2
74% 88.1 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 79.5
Splatting 71
70% 87.3 fps
Poor: 65%
This bench: 72.5%
Great: 76%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68
334GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 762 426 426 431 433 431 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
186% Outstanding
Read 1,547
Write 1620
Mixed 1,282
SusWrite 485
277% 1,234 MB/s
4K Read 52.1
4K Write 93.9
4K Mixed 64.3
211% 70.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,049
DQ Write 252
DQ Mixed 664
485% 655 MB/s
Poor: 152%
This bench: 186%
Great: 237%
WD WD6402AAEX-00Z3A0 640GB
584GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 1 5.2 5.8 1.6 3.7 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Read 1.5
Write 1
Mixed 1.2
SusWrite 3.9
1% 1.9 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Mixed 0
0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 76%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51
223GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 63 66 59 44 70 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
28.1% Poor
Read 40.2
Write 43.5
Mixed 29.8
SusWrite 58
32% 42.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.3
54% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 28.1%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
100% Outstanding
MC Read 35.1
MC Write 39.8
MC Mixed 32.6
102% 35.8 GB/s
SC Read 19.8
SC Write 40.9
SC Mixed 28.8
85% 29.8 GB/s
Latency 56.5
71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 100%
Great: 108%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF Builds (Compare 1,432 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $455
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