Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics87% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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.
Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160310
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 26 '18 at 20:08
Run Duration117 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 34%
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 PC Performing below expectations (36th 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 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
81.3% Excellent
Memory 90
1-Core 121
2-Core 221
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 391
8-Core 638
63% 514 Pts
64-Core 622
38% 622 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 81.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
87% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 116
Parallax 97.5
88% 107 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 116
Splatting 99
86% 105 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 87%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
336GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 135 134 143 139 136 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
75.8% Very good
Read 130
Write 144
Mixed 61.8
SusWrite 135
86% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 75.8%
Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop 1TB
518GB free, PID 3300
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 43 43 43 42 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
20.5% Poor
Read 42.2
Write 41.2
Mixed 30.5
SusWrite 42.4
53% 39.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
88% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 20.5%
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 (20th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
72.1% Very good
MC Read 25.9
MC Write 27.6
MC Mixed 22.6
72% 25.4 GB/s
SC Read 16.7
SC Write 27.5
SC Mixed 21.9
63% 22 GB/s
Latency 67.2
60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 72.1%
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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