Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	88.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 08:11
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^th 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 838 89% 712 Pts	64-Core 843 52% 843 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 118 Parallax 107 93% 113 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 104 Splatting 91.2 79% 97.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 480GB 16,522 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 447GB free Firmware: S8FM08.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 204 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 242 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (AA) Unknown 100 100 948 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65538 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 108 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 463	57.7% Above average	Read 380 Write 305 Mixed 334 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 6.91 69% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 61.9 DQ Mixed 18.8 36% 74.1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 98%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 137GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4223 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 584 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 374 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262170 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 319 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2350	83.8% Excellent	Read 518 Write 354 Mixed 358 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 10.6 103% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 49.1 99% 204 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q 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 4367 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 667 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 63 50 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 158 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4869758661	105% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 418 Mixed 421 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 26.9 159% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 27.5 92% 204 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 122%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 122GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 142270199 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 896 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 8596586812 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3109 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 638 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 470876188 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 51539607580 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 24 142270199 (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 -122406567932138 (F1) Unknown 100 253 258953759 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1173036293	43.1% Average	Read 74.5 Write 75.3 Mixed 73.5 56% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.58 126% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x16GB 1,600 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 27 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 26.8 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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