Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.7% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '22 at 19:16
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (59^th 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 627 63% 511 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% XFX(1EAE 6601) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 22.3.1 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 136 Parallax 290 118% 190 fps	MRender 232 Gravity 154 Splatting 170 150% 186 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKJ4.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 233 424 452 454 469 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 201 Write 106 Mixed 90.3 SusWrite 345 42% 186 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 36.1 131% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 214 184% 268 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 102%
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$159 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 176GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 152 131 85 90 113 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 479 Mixed 431 SusWrite 164 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 53.3 178% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 247GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 145 146 147 147 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 159 Write 152 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 146 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 113%
Corsair Voyager GT 16GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 1a90 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 36.3 Write 25 Mixed 20.4 SusWrite 18 32% 24.9 MB/s	4K Read 8.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 35% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 27.2 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 29.1 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 107%

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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	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 $94Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	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