Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.7% 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	94.7% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	19.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '17 at 17:27
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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-$248 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 259 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 752 74% 604 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.6 85% 105 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 95.7 79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2808 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 275 (B1) Unknown 98 98 28 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 77 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27585828766	94.7% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 403 Mixed 417 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 28.4 156% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 48 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 127 83% 95.6 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 134%
Seagate ST4000NM0033-9ZM170 4TB 3,748 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: SN04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 63 53395722 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1315 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 695531154 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3646 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 476 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 45 589103139 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1362 (C2) HDA temperature 35 55 47244640291 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 8 53395722 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	98.4% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 179 Mixed 165 128% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.5 146% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 029E CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 24GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.4% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.9 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 77%

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

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	393x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	330x
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	232x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	107x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	98x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	47x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	35x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $596

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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