Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 103%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics117% 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 Drive267% 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.
Memory64GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemGigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF  (all builds)
Memory58.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160624
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateSep 09 '16 at 17:13
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU 34%
Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
85.4% Excellent
Memory 84
1-Core 136
2-Core 266
89% 162 Pts
4-Core 492
8-Core 547
68% 519 Pts
64-Core 552
34% 552 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 85.4%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
117% Outstanding
Lighting 160
Reflection 162
Parallax 151
130% 158 fps
MRender 123
Gravity 151
Splatting 115
105% 130 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 117%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 1TB-$310
322GB free
Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
74.9% Very good
Read 480
Write 201
Mixed 266
69% 316 MB/s
4K Read 31.8
4K Write 78.5
4K Mixed 18.8
114% 43 MB/s
DQ Read 285
DQ Write 178
DQ Mixed 37.5
80% 167 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 106%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
270GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
267% Outstanding
Read 2,152
Write 1,457
Mixed 1,460
374% 1,689 MB/s
4K Read 48.5
4K Write 177
4K Mixed 53.8
236% 93.2 MB/s
DQ Read 540
DQ Write 405
DQ Mixed 206
226% 384 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 267%
Great: 283%
SanDisk X400 128GB-$37
119GB free
Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
80.1% Excellent
Read 486
Write 216
Mixed 289
73% 330 MB/s
4K Read 38
4K Write 80.6
4K Mixed 19.1
125% 45.9 MB/s
DQ Read 314
DQ Write 196
DQ Mixed 39.4
87% 183 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 80.1%
Great: 93%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBR 4x16GB
4 of 4 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
81.6% Excellent
MC Read 29.2
MC Write 32.2
MC Mixed 27.8
85% 29.7 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 28.8
SC Mixed 21.3
63% 22 GB/s
Latency 73.4
54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 81.6%
Great: 93%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF Builds (Compare 660 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $461
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