Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79% 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 Drive	The 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '17 at 18:46
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 203 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 408 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 2424) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79% Very good	Lighting 98.4 Reflection 113 Parallax 94.9 80% 102 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 90.4 Splatting 95.3 77% 93.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 666GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 167 2625 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2254 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8655 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2220 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 775 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1478 (C2) HDA temperature 115 98 28 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.2% Very good	Read 135 Write 141 Mixed 126 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.22 91% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 109%
WD WD1600AAJS-00B4A 160GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 24GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 150 3391 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4026 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8627 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1597 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 336 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4026 (C2) HDA temperature 112 95 31 (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	44.8% Average	Read 85 Write 70.9 Mixed 72 57% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.32 86% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSE.M8FADM 859B BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSE.M8FADM 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	83% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.6 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 83%

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

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Typical GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF Builds (Compare 1,439 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	388x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	227x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	195x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	104x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	96x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $460

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16