Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% 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	56.2% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '21 at 18:03
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 86.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 440 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 372D) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 175 Parallax 188 114% 168 fps	MRender 193 Gravity 157 Splatting 128 127% 159 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 251 257 245 250 247 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 392 Write 288 Mixed 236 SusWrite 249 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 15.1 70% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 54.3 DQ Mixed 59.3 55% 86.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 103%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 130GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 141 143 146 145 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 37.9 SusWrite 142 72% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 107%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 76GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 61 69 96 82 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	50% Average	Read 92.5 Write 88.2 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 81.2 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 62%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 5GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 47 54 74 57 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 60 Write 60.7 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 58.9 43% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.1 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 80%

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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 $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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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