Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.3% 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	84.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '21 at 13:48
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 244 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 582 64% 505 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 110 Parallax 99.7 86% 105 fps	MRender 93.1 Gravity 102 Splatting 97.9 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 252 242 241 241 241 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 465 Write 239 Mixed 239 SusWrite 244 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 23.4 126% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 216 186% 279 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 476GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 167 170 167 167 169 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 151 Mixed 84 SusWrite 168 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 113%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 268GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 93 94 92 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 95.4 Write 91.8 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 93.5 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 60%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 381GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 74 74 75 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 72.5 Write 74.8 Mixed 46.8 SusWrite 74.1 49% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.6 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 21.5 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	6	60	33.1"	1280 720	AOC3279 Q3279WG5B

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Desktop 87%

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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	383x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	201x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	194x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	29x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	96x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	45x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	33x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16