Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics106% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160310
Uptime1 Days
Run DateJan 12 '18 at 20:17
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 22%
Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
87.6% Excellent
Memory 90.4
1-Core 127
2-Core 252
87% 156 Pts
4-Core 477
8-Core 554
67% 516 Pts
64-Core 620
38% 620 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 87.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 155
Parallax 144
114% 146 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 134
Splatting 109
96% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 106%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
546GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
84.1% Excellent
Read 159
Write 134
Mixed 119
103% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.58
4K Write 1.42
4K Mixed 0.3
84% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop 1TB
548GB free, PID 3300
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
18% Very poor
Read 38.6
Write 39.6
Mixed 20.7
41% 33 MB/s
4K Read 0.32
4K Write 1.21
4K Mixed 0.21
50% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 18%
Great: 21%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (18th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.1% Very good
MC Read 25.8
MC Write 27.6
MC Mixed 22.5
72% 25.3 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 26
SC Mixed 19.1
58% 20.2 GB/s
Latency 66.6
60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 71.1%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170-Gaming K3 Builds (Compare 1,173 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $625
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