Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	86.1% 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	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

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '17 at 09:47
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 85.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 239 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 463 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 04AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.10.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Lighting 33.8 Reflection 31.6 Parallax 36.3 28% 33.9 fps	MRender 31.4 Gravity 31.6 Splatting 34.5 27% 32.5 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba A100 240GB 5,900 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFA10.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3688 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1800 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 181 181 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1114 (C2) HDA temperature 70 60 171799937054	86.1% Excellent	Read 485 Write 423 Mixed 458 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 11.7 118% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 39.7 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 13.6 58% 120 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 91%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$32 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 864GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896633019 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2379 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3273 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1896 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2491 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2491 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 171799543842 (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	105% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 188 Mixed 160 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.22 90% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905622-024.A00G 9905622-024.A00G 9905678-024.A00G 9905622-057.A00G 16GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.5 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 19.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 85%

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Gaming 69%

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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 $45Bench 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: $593

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16