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 below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). 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.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 03:58
Run Duration	90 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 way below expectations (19^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 215 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 564 58% 465 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Biwin SSD 128GB 1,868 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1026A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 850 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1569 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 43 (B1) Unknown 100 100 132 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 0 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2722 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3012 (EB) Unknown 100 100 4843 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4959479 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3084805	61.2% Good	Read 513 Write 144 Mixed 224 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 21.5 87% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 42.1 DQ Mixed 30.9 46% 92.3 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 496GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 226405999 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 328 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17293560 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2162 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 60 655949857 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 387 (C2) HDA temperature 33 16 68719476769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 226405999 (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 10402410793028 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3280496703 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6267929550	91.9% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 149 Mixed 147 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.25 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x4GB 969 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 20.5 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 14.6 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 90%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	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 $274	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 $183	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