Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.18% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	175% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	20.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '20 at 14:24
Run Duration	620 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing below expectations (31^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 225 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 627 63% 510 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% MSI(1462 8A90) 2GB CLim: 752 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	3.18% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 4.81 Parallax 3.41 3% 4.07 fps	MRender 4.38 Gravity 4.1 Splatting 2.96 3% 3.81 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.18% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 301GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 1485 1515 1163 736 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,279 Write 1,359 Mixed 1,028 SusWrite 817 252% 1,121 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 58.5 158% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 735 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 345 303% 464 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 277%
Toshiba Q300 120GB 1,888 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 110GB free Firmware: SAFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 263 88 89 89 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 459 Write 452 Mixed 363 SusWrite 88.3 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 58.4 4K Mixed 31.6 112% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 174 178% 288 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 87%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 153GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 415 316 315 315 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 461 Mixed 377 SusWrite 227 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 49 161% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 351 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 124%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 428 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 21GB free, PID 0732 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0.1 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	7.9% Terrible	Read 19.2 Write 14.5 Mixed 14 SusWrite 5.9 17% 13.4 MB/s	4K Read 8.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 6.8 283% 5.27 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.9% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.5% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.8 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	384x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	194x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	29x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	96x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	45x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	34x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

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