Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '17 at 22:11
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	9%

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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 i5-6500-$60 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 211 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 413 55% 414 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 67.7 63% 74.3 fps	MRender 67.7 Gravity 67 Splatting 69.4 56% 68 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10754189 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 40054865005151 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 729 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 16 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 41 60132229153 (C2) HDA temperature 33 41 60132229153 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10754189 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10754189 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10754189 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 55834574849 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5067 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3524 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3524 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3676 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3801120	48% Average	Read 374 Write 124 Mixed 153 47% 217 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 11.2 71% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 99.7 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 34.4 47% 84.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 481GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 201695950 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1241 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5679405 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2314 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 573 (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 70 61 538312734 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1243 (C2) HDA temperature 30 12 51539607582 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 201695950 (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 37611028613080 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1464978316 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2108310863	99.4% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 173 Mixed 137 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.32 105% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$25 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 46GB free Firmware: 17.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 134 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9587 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13020 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3875 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9450 (C2) HDA temperature 110 90 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 99.1 Mixed 98.1 75% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.41 104% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 2x4GB 1,573 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 21 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 79%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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	368x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	205x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	171x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	118x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	43x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $766

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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