Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.7% 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	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	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 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	11.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '18 at 22:34
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 514 59% 458 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9101 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.7% Outstanding	Lighting 108 Reflection 117 Parallax 109 88% 111 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 135 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 206 187 8666 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 621 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 16981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 574 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 368 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 146 146 164816 (C2) HDA temperature 117 95 35 (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	88.4% Excellent	Read 155 Write 153 Mixed 106 103% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.3 93% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 97%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 95642584 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 232 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 352287867 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15286 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 404 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 88 88 12 (BE) vendor-specific 65 47 639631395 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 122 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2286 (C2) HDA temperature 35 53 73014444067 (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 68135361198985 (F1) Unknown 100 253 62491336939 (F2) Unknown 100 253 464607315623	90.6% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 159 Mixed 121 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 5.19 4K Mixed 0.64 194% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 108%
Prolific ATAPI-6 Bridge C 4TB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 120 Write 103 Mixed 89.6 130% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.17 53% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 65%
Prolific ATAPI-6 Bridge C 3TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 668GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 142 Write 121 Mixed 116 158% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.23 94% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.8% Good	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 23.3 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 21.9 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 113%

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

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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	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	201x

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 $109Bench 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

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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 $133	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 $40	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