Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	92% 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	58.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '22 at 13:30
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Memory 73.4 1-Core 95.8 2-Core 180 66% 116 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 327 40% 306 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$274 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 2504) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 107 Parallax 108 97% 111 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 85.7 83% 104 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU630 240GB 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: XA003R17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 139 106 119 102 82 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 337 Write 309 Mixed 282 SusWrite 108 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 24.6 91% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 191 155% 216 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 101%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 105GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 232 254 201 32 31 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.3% Poor	Read 122 Write 95.1 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 157 26% 113 MB/s	4K Read 7.9 4K Write 16.8 4K Mixed 7.4 30% 10.7 MB/s	DQ Read 13.4 DQ Write 16.4 DQ Mixed 14.3 11% 14.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 800GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 197 200 202 200 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 194 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 198 122% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 20.1 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 18.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 93.8 43% 93.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical GA-Z170-Gaming K3 Builds (Compare 1,173 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	399x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	362x
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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	45x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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