Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	59.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '17 at 15:50
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 799 82% 663 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 95.2 91% 107 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 102 82% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 406GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^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 75 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 470 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 256 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 41 253403988012 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1138380529 (F7) Unknown 100 100 35616249 (F8) Unknown 100 100 5529016 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1955 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	85.2% Excellent	Read 484 Write 342 Mixed 340 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 26.2 116% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 44.1 83% 165 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 98%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 916 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 492 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (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 61 48 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 224 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9140563283	112% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 416 Mixed 424 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 46.9 179% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 116 124% 203 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Seagate ST6000VN0041-2EL11C 6TB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 135806141 (03) Spinup time 86 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 247 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 40913308 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -37512244362359 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (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 61 43 656146471 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 898 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3315 (C2) HDA temperature 39 57 60129542183 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 135806141 (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 -17858474016180 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12528096348 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9184370148
Poor: 51% Great: 109%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 117359888 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 429 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2988722 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2273 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 395 (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 69 55 521732127 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15112 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 60129542175 (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 -121478854998913 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5697607169 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8178315799	88.8% Excellent	Read 158 Write 152 Mixed 145 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.21 88% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 96%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 683GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 182 175 5866 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4159 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8814 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1484 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 109 109 273815 (C2) HDA temperature 119 90 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 1	42.3% Average	Read 72.7 Write 74.5 Mixed 83.9 58% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 83%
Seagate ST6000VN0041-2EL11C 6TB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 447GB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 64 40476564 (03) Spinup time 87 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 205 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30064231 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 67400921776916 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 203 (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 62 31 803798384678 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1393 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2010 (C2) HDA temperature 38 69 64424509478 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 3 40476564 (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 6137508266435 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17374952678 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4712382052
Poor: 51% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 2,982 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.8 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.4 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 129%

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Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	146x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	24x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	23x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	23x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	15x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	12x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	10x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GBHyperX $165Bench 92%, 7,179 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	6x

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Value: 38% - Below average

Total price: $1,530

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