Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	72.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	20.7 Days
Run Date	May 02 '18 at 20:47
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 765 75% 612 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3669) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1563 MHz, MLim: 1877 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Lighting 94.5 Reflection 92.2 Parallax 81.2 77% 89.3 fps	MRender 85.8 Gravity 82.5 Splatting 72.9 65% 80.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 61GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8714 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 440 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 72 53 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 63 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4574539039	88.5% Excellent	Read 498 Write 408 Mixed 396 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 24.6 138% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 43.2 DQ Write 96.2 DQ Mixed 24.7 32% 54.7 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 124%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 176604107 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 130206228570226 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 557 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 103 (B1) Unknown 0 0 94 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 37 1009319739417 (C2) HDA temperature 25 37 1009319739417 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 176604107 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 176604107 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 176604107 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 92 92 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 40576 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14204 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14204 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9055	53.3% Above average	Read 436 Write 107 Mixed 150 50% 231 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 10.1 94% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 95.6 DQ Mixed 9.36 22% 42.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 75%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 167 4391 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 562 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24679 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 561 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 115 115 255846 (C2) HDA temperature 119 107 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.3% Good	Read 112 Write 119 Mixed 110 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.2 83% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 84%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 636GB free, PID 107c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 127 Write 131 Mixed 86.4 144% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.29 93% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 24.5 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 25.1 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 80%

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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 $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