Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	256% 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	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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colori, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '17 at 03:55
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 748 74% 602 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 (SLI Disabled) 1,059 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Nvidia(10DE 064E) 896MB Ram: 896MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Lighting 18 Reflection 8.12 Parallax 4.94 15% 10.3 fps	MRender 8.33 Gravity 8.6 Splatting 6.04 6% 7.66 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,494 Write 1,195 Mixed 1,293 364% 1,661 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 45.6 203% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 617 DQ Write 404 DQ Mixed 226 246% 416 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 236%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 211GB free Firmware: 3.AHA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6163 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 544209079 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16162 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1075 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 57 51 723910699 (C2) HDA temperature 43 49 77309411371 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 58 53 239136993 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	45.8% Average	Read 79.2 Write 80.4 Mixed 78.2 60% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.34 86% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 54%
WD WD3200JS-63PDB1 320GB 3,111 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 214GB free Firmware: 21.00M21 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 12 (03) Spinup time 231 177 3416 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5295 (05) Reallocated sector count 196 196 25 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19035 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5129 (C2) HDA temperature 110 1 40 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 24 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	22.8% Poor	Read 43.5 Write 36 Mixed 35.6 29% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.29 68% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.4% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 23.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.5 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 103%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	244x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $443

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 $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