Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	69.6% 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-UD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 14 '17 at 02:43
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 241 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 673 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 146 Parallax 125 111% 136 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 131 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 276GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1733 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 178 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2257722414	115% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 414 Mixed 423 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 49.7 182% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 129 143% 243 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 148 100 660 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 545 (A6) Unknown 100 100 70 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 160 (A9) Unknown 100 100 49 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 139 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 100 188978561057 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11649 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4863 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5392	69.6% Good	Read 508 Write 205 Mixed 290 73% 334 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 3.82 102% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 29.8 70% 145 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 144834256 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 216 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 378086 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1706 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 205 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 141736149036 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 521404445 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4078 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 77309411357 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 14181982012757 (F1) Unknown 100 253 807881570 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4749554878	110% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 186 Mixed 186 143% 190 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.24 91% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,939 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.1% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.6 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 14.2 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 102%

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	243x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	24x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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