Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.6% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '21 at 21:51
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 239 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 694 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8702) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 112 Parallax 140 108% 128 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 115 Splatting 104 105% 132 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 92 117 124 105 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 364 Write 214 Mixed 257 SusWrite 114 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 13.5 89% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 23.6 43% 86.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 74%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC064MAG 64GB 1,591 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 59GB free Firmware: 0006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 61 66 71 71 71 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 300 Write 70.6 Mixed 108 SusWrite 67.4 30% 136 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 11.7 80% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 70.4 DQ Mixed 46.3 59% 109 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 53%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 117 118 118 118 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 105 Write 104 Mixed 70.4 SusWrite 117 73% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 67%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 554GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 78 79 78 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 72.4 Write 76.6 Mixed 48.2 SusWrite 77.3 50% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.4% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 13.1 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 30: 1R 5G 10B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
30%	20%	81	273	188	144	48.9"	3840 1080	SAM0F21 C49J89x

History: Score 5: 0R 1G 2B | Score 15: 0R 1G 12B | Score 30: 1R 5G 10B

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 - $170

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	399x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	362x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	203x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	171x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	114x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	42x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	30x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	45x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $625

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 $179	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