Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	193% 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	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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 10:31
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 212 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 417 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B9) 3GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Lighting 71.1 Reflection 70.1 Parallax 58.8 58% 66.6 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 64.2 Splatting 69.3 55% 67.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 387GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10200 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1810 (B1) Unknown 98 98 20 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 52 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1694 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24081908701	83.4% Excellent	Read 493 Write 330 Mixed 354 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 63.1 4K Mixed 21.2 116% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 91.1 100% 173 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 126%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,829 Write 1,189 Mixed 1,183 310% 1,400 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 26.8 147% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 51.5 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 25.5 37% 67.1 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 236%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 164749224 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 420 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17965835 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1817 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 471466011 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9264 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 60129542171 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 68143951119667 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11317117279 (F2) Unknown 100 253 76985954616	86.4% Excellent	Read 132 Write 168 Mixed 137 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 5.37 4K Mixed 0.71 203% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,939 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 29.4 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 26.7 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 102%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	383x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	201x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	194x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	45x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	33x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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