Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	130% 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	121% 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.
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

24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 19 '22 at 12:58
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 75.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 76% 138 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 443 58% 437 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$391 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3722) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3537 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.77 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 175 Parallax 193 145% 182 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 151 Splatting 130 125% 157 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 265 342 403 399 407 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 454 Mixed 373 SusWrite 349 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 61 206% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 350 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 543GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 88 88 88 88 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 69 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 87.4 56% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 59%
Seagate BUP Portable 5TB 5,996 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 366GB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 131 132 134 133 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 95.5 Write 125 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 131 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.7 188% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 15.8 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 89.8 44% 89.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 104%

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

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 - $170

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	400x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	363x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	203x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	171x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	114x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	42x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	30x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	45x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $627

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16