Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 137% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 119% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	135% 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	237% 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

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System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '17 at 22:00
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 156 2-Core 313 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 857 89% 713 Pts	64-Core 858 53% 858 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2957 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 212 Parallax 183 154% 195 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 185 Splatting 133 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS250G32TND-N1A2A 250GB 5,131 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 173GB free Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 264 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 117 (64) Unknown 100 100 239903 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 6 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 253 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 19 (B3) Unknown 100 100 190 (B4) Unknown 100 100 6690 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 0 60131770391 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 97 35 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 194 (F1) Unknown 100 100 371 (F2) Unknown 100 100 225 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 13954	93.6% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 336 Mixed 354 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 24.6 133% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 25.1 93% 208 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 106%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,486 Write 992 Mixed 1,170 339% 1,549 MB/s	4K Read 66.5 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 41 244% 92.7 MB/s	DQ Read 66.8 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 40.8 57% 101 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 236%
Sandisk SD7SB3Q-256G-1006 256GB 1,387 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 69GB free Firmware: X2180006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 252 252 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 12477 (0C) Power cycle count 252 252 206 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 219054800897 (AE) Unknown 252 252 16 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 88 751 (BE) vendor-specific 72 34 28 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.5% Excellent	Read 376 Write 303 Mixed 356 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 20.2 142% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 20.4 68% 143 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 98%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 541GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896895161 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3188 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3924 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1796 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3188 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3188 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 188979281949 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	87.8% Excellent	Read 169 Write 138 Mixed 155 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.17 62% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 32 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 44.3 SC Mixed 32.2 96% 33.4 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% 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	385x
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 $245Bench 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	30x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $449

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16