Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	96.8% 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	56.9% 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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 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	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '22 at 14:01
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 77.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 206 72% 128 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 320 42% 319 Pts	64-Core 316 20% 316 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$250 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 2504) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.8% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 113 Parallax 116 103% 118 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 100 Splatting 87.1 85% 107 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 96.8% 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: 229 85 169 130 87 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 366 Write 325 Mixed 301 SusWrite 131 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 22.7 84% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 161 128% 179 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 101%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 105GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 242 244 203 32 31 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26.4% Poor	Read 147 Write 95.9 Mixed 79.9 SusWrite 157 27% 120 MB/s	4K Read 9.6 4K Write 16.1 4K Mixed 8.4 34% 11.4 MB/s	DQ Read 13.5 DQ Write 16.4 DQ Mixed 14.1 11% 14.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 800GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 197 199 202 200 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 184 Mixed 80.1 SusWrite 198 119% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 113%

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 expectations (25^th percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 23.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 21.6 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 84.7 47% 84.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.1% 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 1,179 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	401x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	366x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	205x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	171x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	116x

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	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16