Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '20 at 00:52
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 277 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 548 71% 537 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 95.3 Reflection 98.3 Parallax 76.8 78% 90.1 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 99.4 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme GIGABYTE GP-GSM2 256GB 476 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20E1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,141 Write 1,198 Mixed 1035 251% 1,125 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 249 4K Mixed 86 331% 131 MB/s	DQ Read 789 DQ Write 1225 DQ Mixed 783 656% 932 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 213%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 0GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 197 197 197 194 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 140 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 196 99% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 380% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 111%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 0GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 194 196 194 196 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 154 Mixed 29 SusWrite 195 101% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 111%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 0GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 97 113 109 113 112 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 49 Write 96 Mixed 52 SusWrite 106 56% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 32.7 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 28.7 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 115%

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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	383x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	319x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	200x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	191x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	67x
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 $40Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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