Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	186% 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	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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	10.7 Days
Run Date	May 12 '19 at 05:40
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 280 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 778 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 200 Parallax 196 139% 189 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 178 Splatting 125 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 809 2.4 15 417 8.1 55 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,444 Write 926 Mixed 907 SusWrite 218 194% 874 MB/s	4K Read 60.4 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 78 283% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 892 DQ Mixed 221 283% 486 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 242%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 195GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 368 367 364 367 367 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 472 Write 366 Mixed 255 SusWrite 365 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 16.5 120% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 91.4 116% 204 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 86%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 490 491 478 492 494 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 479 Mixed 420 SusWrite 485 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 52.7 190% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 784GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 160 154 158 160 157 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 148 Write 156 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 158 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2933 C16 2x8GB 3,326 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 25.2 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 28 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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