Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD5
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '17 at 17:15
Run Duration	383 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 761 79% 635 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Lighting 87 Reflection 82.1 Parallax 71 71% 80 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 72 Splatting 73.5 59% 72.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 183 5633 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 46 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 84 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 45 (C2) HDA temperature 113 107 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	74.6% Very good	Read 132 Write 128 Mixed 110 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.25 88% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 96%
Seagate ST3750630AS 750GB-$207 2,150 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 698GB free Firmware: DE13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 161564992 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1659 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 17283530407 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5453 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1571 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 655687714 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 51539607586 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 35 161564992 (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 108443629266433 (F1) Unknown 100 253 627553986 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2161519648	54.2% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 96.8 Mixed 87 69% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.33 77% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 60%
WD My Passport 25E1 3TB 444 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 399GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 37 Write 35.4 Mixed 34.3 46% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.24 64% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 49%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB 563 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 6GB free, PID 009f Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	5.82% Terrible	Read 24.6 Write 4.06 Mixed 6.22 11% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.77 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.002 22% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.82% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.7% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 12 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 14.6 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 102%

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

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Typical GA-Z170X-UD5-CF Builds (Compare 485 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	292x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	74x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	71x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	22x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 81%, 12,182 samples	15x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $463

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 $179	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