Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.7% 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	175% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '19 at 16:47
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 765 77% 625 Pts	64-Core 753 47% 753 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1633 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 126 Parallax 113 99% 120 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 110 Splatting 96 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 87%
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Lighting 25.6 Reflection 24.7 Parallax 31.8 21% 27.3 fps	MRender 32.9 Gravity 30.9 Splatting 25.7 24% 29.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1086 794 630 655 303 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 972 Write 903 Mixed 651 SusWrite 606 176% 783 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 54.3 224% 87.9 MB/s	DQ Read 662 DQ Write 755 DQ Mixed 586 475% 668 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 185%
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 227GB free Firmware: SAFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 267 239 280 285 284 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 471 Mixed 379 SusWrite 301 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 40.4 149% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 195 187% 294 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 99%
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 104GB free Firmware: V8X01c45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 369 368 367 379 376 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 381 Write 340 Mixed 317 SusWrite 371 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 39.6 142% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 202 155% 208 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 438GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 97 95 95 98 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 205 Write 174 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 96.2 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 3,679 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 29.8 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 31.5 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 115%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF Builds (Compare 1,427 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	383x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	319x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	200x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	191x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	67x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	45x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	33x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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