Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	119% 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.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '22 at 10:37
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 83.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 230 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 442 60% 444 Pts	64-Core 429 27% 429 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3722) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.77 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 170 Parallax 173 138% 171 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 147 Splatting 126 122% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 295 302 294 281 274 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 468 Mixed 378 SusWrite 286 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 63.2 213% 75.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 543GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 88 88 88 88 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	50% Above average	Read 87.4 Write 66.8 Mixed 57 SusWrite 86.6 55% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 59%
Seagate BUP Portable 5TB 5,996 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 366GB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 133 135 134 129 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 107 Write 131 Mixed 71 SusWrite 132 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.7 189% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 24.9 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 23.1 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 104%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 - $170

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	399x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	363x
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 $90Bench 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	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $269	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 $178	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