Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.7% 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	74.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '16 at 03:58
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 215 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 371 47% 358 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 122 Parallax 113 93% 116 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 120GB-$50 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 69 69 133145559071 (F1) Unknown 100 100 738	74.8% Very good	Read 489 Write 319 Mixed 319 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 9.06 89% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 43.5 86% 176 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 89%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 5GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 3950924 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -80083960198794 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 839 (AB) Unknown 0 0 4 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 11 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 4 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3950924 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3950924 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3950924 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2005 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1929 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1929 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2512	58.7% Above average	Read 450 Write 72.7 Mixed 112 45% 212 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 16.6 112% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 74.9 DQ Mixed 28.6 38% 69.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 70%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 12884901888 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 137440591903 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	107% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 182 Mixed 174 137% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.23 104% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%
WD WD1200JD-00HBC0 120GB 1,007 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 88GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 161 3475 (04) Start/Stop count 74 74 26364 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 16037 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3896 (C2) HDA temperature 124 96 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 200 253 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	32.3% Below average	Read 55.2 Write 56.9 Mixed 54.1 42% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.43 103% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 28.5 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 23.2 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

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Typical GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF Builds (Compare 662 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	299x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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	78x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

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