Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.66% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	264% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '23 at 01:13
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 692 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.66% Terrible	Lighting 7.2 Reflection 9.1 Parallax 8.1 6% 8.13 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 11.8 8% 9.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.66% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1549 1291 1333 1238 1148 940 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,090 Write 1,786 Mixed 892 SusWrite 1,250 336% 1,504 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 59.4 212% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 1,027 DQ Write 734 DQ Mixed 823 630% 861 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 353%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 59GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 94 96 95 96 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 161 Write 25.4 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 92.6 60% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 34GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 133 133 133 136 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 99.3 Write 55.4 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 134 66% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 115% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 113%
ST2000DM 008-2UB102 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 128GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 42 41 42 41 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.9% Very poor	Read 38.9 Write 39.5 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 41.2 52% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.1 42% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 27.5 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 28 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	60	50	27"	1280 720	ACR02CA S271HL

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	388x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	227x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	195x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	104x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	96x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $460

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16