Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.3% 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	93.6% 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	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.

Run History

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '22 at 10:44
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 466 60% 456 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 89%

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: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 98.5 Reflection 112 Parallax 102 80% 104 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 101 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte GP-GSM2NE3256GNTD 256GB 10,769 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: EDFM20E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 218 88 236 136 233 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 421 Write 221 Mixed 321 SusWrite 185 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 38.7 174% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 297 221% 297 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 226%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 0GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 214 216 214 213 217 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 93.2 Write 157 Mixed 29 SusWrite 215 89% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 371% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 111%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 0GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 191 192 190 192 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 143 Mixed 30 SusWrite 191 97% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 111%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 0GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 93 101 103 102 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 38.3 Write 94.2 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 100 53% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.2% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 24.2 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 21.5 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 115%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	384x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	202x

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 $94Bench 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	34x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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