Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.1% 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	75.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	7.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '18 at 20:29
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$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 (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 142 2-Core 279 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 787 79% 640 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 116 Parallax 92.5 89% 106 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 95.4 78% 94.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM22.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 903 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 391 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 501 (AD) Unknown 100 100 655389 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128849018910 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2144	75.3% Very good	Read 505 Write 404 Mixed 472 103% 461 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 12.7 96% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23.6 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 10.4 24% 46.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 24GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 962 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 420 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13506373598	88.3% Excellent	Read 502 Write 404 Mixed 414 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 21.2 125% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 36 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 21.6 57% 114 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 133%
Sst-ts11 C 8TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 280GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.3% Very good	Read 132 Write 127 Mixed 125 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.4 123% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 94%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 185GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 138 11441 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2350 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3426 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1118 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 129 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2220 (C2) HDA temperature 112 97 40 (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	70.6% Very good	Read 111 Write 135 Mixed 117 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.37 109% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 93%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 115GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 141 11516 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2147 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2845 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 990 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2070 (C2) HDA temperature 112 98 40 (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	59.3% Above average	Read 105 Write 101 Mixed 106 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.28 111% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 98%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 48GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34387788202 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2429 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1693 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 645 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2648 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2648 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 201864839206 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60.2% Good	Read 105 Write 105 Mixed 90 75% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.21 80% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 107%
JMicron Generic 250GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 185GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 360 Write 370 Mixed 337 459% 356 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 23.6 4K Mixed 14.8 1,381% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 37.9 DQ Mixed 15.2 1,902% 26.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 223%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 29.9 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 29.9 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 105%

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Typical GA-Z170-Gaming K3 Builds (Compare 1,173 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 - $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 $125	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