Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	48.5% 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	78.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 30 '17 at 20:39
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 502 69% 514 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3171) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.5% Average	Lighting 60.2 Reflection 64.2 Parallax 57.4 49% 60.6 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 57.9 Splatting 51.2 48% 59.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-128M6S 2.5 128GB 3,907 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC7110D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1063 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 31582 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 656 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 94285 (F2) Unknown 100 100 115503	78.4% Very good	Read 496 Write 302 Mixed 373 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 22.9 127% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 35.1 DQ Write 90.5 DQ Mixed 22.6 29% 49.4 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 95%
Liteonit LAT-128M2S 128GB 477 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 54GB free Firmware: PMD9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2994 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 904 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 971 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 3808 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 135113440 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4726005	50.6% Above average	Read 376 Write 189 Mixed 248 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 15.1 70% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 71 DQ Write 56.3 DQ Mixed 11 23% 46.1 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 52%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 787GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4187 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10497 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1582 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4049 (C2) HDA temperature 112 103 31 (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	98.7% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 162 Mixed 160 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.27 113% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905622-058.A00G 2x8GB 2,759 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	72.4% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 21.5 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 22.2 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 74%

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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 $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