Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '20 at 21:25
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 498 68% 508 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 110 Parallax 118 91% 113 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 80.3 83% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 318 356 358 362 362 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 349 Mixed 325 SusWrite 346 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 43 156% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 196 176% 265 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 90GB free Firmware: 605ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 99 94 106 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 239 Write 135 Mixed 198 SusWrite 100 38% 168 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 43.5 164% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 123 95% 128 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 73%
Seagate ST9320421AS 320GB-$90 999 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 171GB free Firmware: SD14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 75 74 74 74 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 68.4 Write 65.3 Mixed 42.3 SusWrite 73.8 46% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 48%
WD WD10JUCT-63J6SY0 1TB 3,317 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 192GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 74 74 73 75 73 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 81 Write 77.9 Mixed 42.4 SusWrite 73.4 50% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB 20,001 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 25 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 23 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 95%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	387x
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	227x
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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	96x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $457

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	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