Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	83.5% 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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '17 at 18:22
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 90.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 256 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 707 75% 600 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1102 MHz, MLim: 1550 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.4 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 31% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba A100 240GB 5,900 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFA10.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4323 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2043 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 179 179 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1285 (C2) HDA temperature 69 57 184684773407	83.5% Excellent	Read 390 Write 420 Mixed 473 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 11.9 124% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 39.8 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 10.3 54% 115 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 91%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 929GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 122 122 12897353915 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2680 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 108 108 37 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3910 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2136 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2794 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2794 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 171799543838 (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	110% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 190 Mixed 162 136% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.22 89% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 110% 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 as expected (55^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.3 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 24.6 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.1% 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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	386x
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	226x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	96x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $449

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16