Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	126% 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	59.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	17.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '18 at 19:30
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th 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 Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 246 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 687 66% 544 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 208 Parallax 206 139% 195 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 179 Splatting 128 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Inte SSDSC2BW240H6 240GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 180 187 192 158 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 292 Write 187 Mixed 198 SusWrite 169 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 24.4 88% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 151 134% 205 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 90%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 309GB free Firmware: 82.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 58 56 54 60 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 65.3 Write 75.3 Mixed 40 SusWrite 57.7 44% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 398GB free Firmware: 82.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 108 111 111 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 89.5 Mixed 62.8 SusWrite 106 66% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 911GB free Firmware: 82.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 99 97 98 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 97.4 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 95 65% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 88%
Kingston HyperX Savage USB 3.1 256GB-$126 448 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 19GB free, PID 16b3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 70 97 31 75 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 188 Write 172 Mixed 36 SusWrite 80.5 147% 119 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.1 74% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.8% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 24.6 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 21 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 113%

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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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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	244x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	179x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	73x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	94x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	56x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	52x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	38x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	24x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $443

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