Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	158% 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	230% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '22 at 09:23
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 196 81% 137 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 636 65% 524 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$479 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Gigabyte(1458 408E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	158% Outstanding	Lighting 232 Reflection 208 Parallax 201 189% 214 fps	MRender 233 Gravity 162 Splatting 134 139% 176 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$105 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 587GB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 447 448 462 458 458 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 409 Mixed 399 SusWrite 454 95% 419 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 54.4 174% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 363 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 137%
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 316GB free Firmware: SAFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 298 216 285 202 278 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 444 Write 378 Mixed 322 SusWrite 287 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 32.1 114% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 197 188% 293 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 99%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 825GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1255 1328 1378 1432 1471 1418 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1,180 Write 1,346 Mixed 1,273 SusWrite 1,380 293% 1,295 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 61.4 196% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 932 DQ Write 765 DQ Mixed 839 631% 845 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 365%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G KHX2666C16/8G 32GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 32 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 30.1 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

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

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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	387x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	227x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	195x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	103x

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	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	96x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $457

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