Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	60.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (50%). 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	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 17:45
Run Duration	751 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 109 2-Core 202 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 618 59% 485 Pts	64-Core 629 39% 629 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 136GB free Firmware: 4PC10365 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3333 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3307 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 40 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 537015 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 10773228 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 347604 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 537015 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1584652	48% Average	Read 260 Write 173 Mixed 195 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 17.2 73% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 64.9 DQ Mixed 32.2 45% 84.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 51%
Corsair Force LE200 SSD 240GB 4,783 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM10.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3722 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 553 (A2) Unknown 93 93 14 (AA) Unknown 100 100 184 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4980895 (AE) Unknown 100 100 49 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 33 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 92 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14721 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10156	60.8% Good	Read 326 Write 244 Mixed 298 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 7.47 82% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 7.73 65% 154 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 447GB free Firmware: CR100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7296 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8344 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12942 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2407 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 4714502 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4 (BE) vendor-specific 68 62 32 (C2) HDA temperature 139 121 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4714502 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 10	40.8% Average	Read 70 Write 72 Mixed 69.3 53% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.37 83% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.6 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 18.1 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 85%

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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 $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 $94Bench 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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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