Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% 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	110% 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	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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160314
Uptime	12.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '23 at 11:36
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 235 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 391 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 140 Parallax 137 111% 138 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 149 Splatting 125 107% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 264 140 140 134 137 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 460 Mixed 388 SusWrite 208 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 57.8 203% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 215GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 452 396 301 248 201 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 450 Mixed 417 SusWrite 339 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 56.1 197% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 120GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 79 82 81 82 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 73.4 Write 75.7 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 81.5 52% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 74%
ASMedia ASM1153 80GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 37GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 31 31 31 31 31 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.7% Very poor	Read 49.6 Write 29.5 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 30.9 41% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 37% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 7,485 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 21.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 19.3 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 86%

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Gaming 70%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 60%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	147x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	24x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	24x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	23x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $98Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	6x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $1,102

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) $31	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