Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	268% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '17 at 15:20
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	49%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 466 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 22F1) CLim: 1365 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.4% Above average	Lighting 63.3 Reflection 70.9 Parallax 83.4 52% 72.5 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 61.1 Splatting 57.6 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,540 Write 1,344 Mixed 1,641 406% 1,842 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 53.4 209% 83.6 MB/s	DQ Read 470 DQ Write 436 DQ Mixed 30.4 139% 312 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 292%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 111GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3010144 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -71528385346780 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 323 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 54 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 36 68721836059 (C2) HDA temperature 27 36 68721836059 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3010144 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3010144 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3010144 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1904 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1582 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1582 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1317 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3342347	55.9% Above average	Read 376 Write 103 Mixed 152 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 13.7 105% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 82.5 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 32.2 43% 77.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 130 4133 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2866 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6965 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2815 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 199 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 148 148 157075 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82.2% Excellent	Read 137 Write 149 Mixed 149 110% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.25 122% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 85%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 16GB-$17 2,906 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 11GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 225 Write 47.9 Mixed 67 111% 113 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 10.4 4K Mixed 4.85 562% 8.86 MB/s	DQ Read 12.7 DQ Write 11.3 DQ Mixed 5.12 607% 9.71 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 28.7 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 29.4 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	299x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $461

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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