Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '18 at 20:28
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 81.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 253 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 698 73% 587 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 203 Parallax 181 148% 188 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 176 Splatting 125 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 199 200 201 202 195 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 438 Mixed 382 SusWrite 222 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 49.4 179% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 635GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 201 204 203 204 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 126 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 200 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 5GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 22 8.1 14 6 4.4 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 128 Write 53 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 18.2 78% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.9 177% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 38%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 15,750 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 12GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 4.2 4.4 5.2 3.6 5.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	5.02% Terrible	Read 22.8 Write 16 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 4.6 13% 11.3 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 11% 1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.02% Great: 6%

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 below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.6% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.5 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 12.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 80%

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

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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 $81Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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