Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	47.3% 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	112% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160115
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 14 '16 at 14:18
Run Duration	290 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (99^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 145 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 768 78% 631 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6510 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.3% Average	Lighting 57.4 Reflection 54.7 Parallax 44.5 47% 52.2 fps	MRender 69.3 Gravity 59.3 Splatting 51.6 48% 60.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1226 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 124 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 65 58 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 51 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8451473838	112% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 387 Mixed 409 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 48.3 176% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 120 142% 251 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 224 1233 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7850 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 27805 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2244 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7625 (C2) HDA temperature 110 95 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	61.9% Good	Read 110 Write 105 Mixed 100 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.51 136% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 752GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 222407193 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 123 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1201077 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 123 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 68 487784476 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 133 (C2) HDA temperature 28 12 51539607580 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 222407193 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 106601088287883 (F1) Unknown 100 253 779046102 (F2) Unknown 100 253 432655914	83.5% Excellent	Read 146 Write 145 Mixed 151 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.23 82% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 112%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 32GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 30GB free, PID 0048 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	7.68% Terrible	Read 31.3 Write 6.17 Mixed 9.52 15% 15.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.39 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 29% 2.48 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.68% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 0215 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 0215 CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 0215 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 16GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 24.9 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 26.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 80%

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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	400x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	30x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16