Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	93.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '18 at 03:21
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (41^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 208 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 367 48% 359 Pts	64-Core 333 21% 333 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 149 Parallax 128 107% 136 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 132 Splatting 104 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 153 148 145 148 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 402 Mixed 333 SusWrite 175 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 51.6 157% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 351 264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 247GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 135 134 134 135 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 117 Write 119 Mixed 84 SusWrite 134 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 219% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 109%
Hitachi HCS5C1010CLA382 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 813GB free, PID 1006 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 41.7 Write 38 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 38.4 51% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GE2666C16K4 2x8GB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 15.2 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 94%

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Typical GA-Z170-Gaming K3 Builds (Compare 1,175 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $619

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16