Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '16 at 00:43
Run Duration	417 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 237 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 458 61% 456 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% MSI(1462 2730) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.137.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Lighting 26.7 Reflection 28.2 Parallax 31.2 22% 28.7 fps	MRender 24.6 Gravity 20.7 Splatting 32.8 22% 26 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8036417 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 104633993265156 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 40 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 28 81606213657 (C2) HDA temperature 25 28 81606213657 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8036417 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8036417 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8036417 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 51 (EA) Unknown 0 0 163 (F1) Unknown 0 0 163 (F2) Unknown 0 0 37 (F4) Unknown 100 100 131072	62.9% Good	Read 504 Write 132 Mixed 208 61% 281 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 12.3 110% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 12 29% 57.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 130 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2531 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6164 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2530 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 153 153 141237 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 26 (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	82.1% Excellent	Read 145 Write 140 Mixed 140 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.24 115% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 85%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 16GB-$17 2,906 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 11GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 230 Write 46.8 Mixed 73.4 115% 117 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 10.6 4K Mixed 4.6 562% 9.12 MB/s	DQ Read 13.5 DQ Write 11.3 DQ Mixed 5 604% 9.94 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 81%
TDKMedia Micro 4GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 0708 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4.55% Terrible	Read 16 Write 3.34 Mixed 6.18 9% 8.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.32 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.006 24% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.55% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 21.4 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 21.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 104%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	297x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	96x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	29x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	15x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $461

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