Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 07 '19 at 16:37
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 238 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 463 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 8627) ≥ 4GB; nvidia gtx 1050 ti unpluged CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 375.63 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.6% Poor	Lighting 35.5 Reflection 29 Parallax 33.5 29% 32.7 fps	MRender 35.4 Gravity 36.5 Splatting 22.7 25% 31.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 129 52 111 17 15 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 440 Write 390 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 111 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 15.6 103% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 136 143% 236 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 88%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 12GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 161 Write 167 Mixed 37.2 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS824A.M8FH 859B CT8G4DFS824A.C8FDD1 16GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.6% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 13.8 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 83%

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

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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	384x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	202x

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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	45x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $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