Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 142% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	154% 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	273% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 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	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '22 at 09:22
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 251 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 742 75% 607 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$499 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Gigabyte(1458 408E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.37 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	154% Outstanding	Lighting 230 Reflection 269 Parallax 218 187% 239 fps	MRender 222 Gravity 150 Splatting 119 129% 164 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$90 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 336GB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,560 Write 7,591 Mixed 7,636 1,699% 7,596 MB/s	4K Read 482 4K Write 268 4K Mixed 342 1,310% 364 MB/s	DQ Read 1261 DQ Write 861 DQ Mixed 914 722% 1,012 MB/s
Poor: 82% Great: 137%
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 316GB free Firmware: SAFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 286 233 282 276 287 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 430 Write 429 Mixed 322 SusWrite 306 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 33.6 123% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 194 187% 294 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 99%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$94 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 731GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1714 1822 1851 1833 1752 1846 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 1,187 Write 1,504 Mixed 1,283 SusWrite 1803 328% 1,444 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 71.1 232% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,029 DQ Write 894 DQ Mixed 932 706% 952 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 273% 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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 32.3 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 44.9 SC Mixed 31.8 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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

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Gaming 69%

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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	384x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	194x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

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	29x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	96x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	45x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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