Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	46.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '17 at 20:04
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$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 (95^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 442 60% 445 Pts	64-Core 429 27% 429 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7750 22,655 User benchmarks, average bench 8% XFX(1682 3248) 2GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 667 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	7.2% Terrible	Lighting 9.13 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 13.4 7% 11.1 fps	MRender 6.24 Gravity 8.97 Splatting 9 7% 8.07 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.2% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 460 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 84 (A5) Unknown 100 100 14090402 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 156 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 41 176095035422 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 197571248174 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 760 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1669 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1266 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1822 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	46.7% Average	Read 369 Write 208 Mixed 239 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 9.56 61% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.1 DQ Write 44.5 DQ Mixed 9.67 14% 25.8 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 747GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 368 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1996 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 332 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 412 (C2) HDA temperature 110 89 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	94.8% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 168 Mixed 159 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.36 139% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 248GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 225584655 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2180 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24108592 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 21992 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 304 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 12885098502 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 46 538574878 (C2) HDA temperature 30 54 64424509470 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 22 225584655 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 46295452488862 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3311811391 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3208310807	61.4% Good	Read 114 Write 99.6 Mixed 88.3 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.65 133% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FARG 2x4GB 1,065 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 25.6 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 25.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%

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Desktop 87%

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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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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