Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	41.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '20 at 08:10
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 202 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 386 52% 387 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0505) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1305 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.1% Average	Lighting 47.5 Reflection 63.7 Parallax 70.3 39% 60.5 fps	MRender 65.5 Gravity 50.8 Splatting 52.8 46% 56.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 332 340 341 340 337 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 411 Write 326 Mixed 230 SusWrite 337 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 10.7 87% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 87.4 108% 185 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 86%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 314GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 79 79 79 79 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 77.8 Write 75 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 79.2 53% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 69%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$23 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 429GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 92 93 93 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 89 Write 95.3 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 92.1 61% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 2x8GB 8,162 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 28.3 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 23.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 90%

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Gaming 69%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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