Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.8% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1824 x 1036 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '18 at 17:29
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7320-$42 423 User benchmarks, average bench 73% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 97.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 250 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 359 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% EVGA(3842 3689) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1552 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Lighting 45.5 Reflection 42.7 Parallax 53.9 37% 47.4 fps	MRender 53.2 Gravity 51.2 Splatting 39.6 38% 48 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 128GB 20,313 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 70000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 700 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 397 (64) Unknown 100 100 88701 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 99 99 27 (AE) Unknown 100 100 234 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 1 6 (B2) Unknown 253 253 0 (B3) Unknown 253 253 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 398 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 38 16 68722688038 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 89 1 541 (D4) Unknown 100 100 416122 (E9) Unknown 1 1 100 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1414233408 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1885914737 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4935858391	78.8% Very good	Read 472 Write 280 Mixed 369 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 19.8 120% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 48.1 73% 136 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 82%
930 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	3.66% Terrible	Read 11.9 Write 4.44 Mixed 5.73 8% 7.35 MB/s	4K Read 3.95 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 16% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.66% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G4D30AETA.K8FD 2x4GB 216 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 30.4 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 30.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	393x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	330x
Core i7-7700KIntel $247Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	232x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	107x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	98x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	47x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	35x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $593

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16