Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 138% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	150% 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	314% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '17 at 02:30
Run Duration	83 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 677 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Lighting 230 Reflection 201 Parallax 202 187% 211 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 174 Splatting 123 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 133%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 384GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	314% Outstanding	Read 2,566 Write 1,862 Mixed 1,894 468% 2,107 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 69.1 248% 92.8 MB/s	DQ Read 513 DQ Write 444 DQ Mixed 227 239% 394 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 314% Great: 353%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB 1,424 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 44.7 MC Mixed 31.9 111% 39 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 45.2 SC Mixed 31.2 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 116%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	297x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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	77x
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	23x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $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