Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.2% 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	97.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD5
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '18 at 12:23
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 80.5 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 269 80% 150 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 505 66% 494 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 111 Parallax 99.7 84% 104 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 88.7 76% 92.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 428 440 467 454 421 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 428 Mixed 268 SusWrite 434 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 31.6 117% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 160 171% 285 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 114%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 835GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 133 136 136 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 137 Write 126 Mixed 80 SusWrite 135 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR1 0616 DDR4-2133 CL15 8GB 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.5% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 25.1 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 79%

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

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Typical GA-Z170X-UD5-CF Builds (Compare 483 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	292x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	73x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	71x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	22x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	20x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 81%, 12,182 samples	15x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $463

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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