Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	60.5% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 10:52
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 807 86% 683 Pts	64-Core 805 50% 805 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 100% 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 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2672 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 5331 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 591 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8680327023360 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 28 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 33 287762808872 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4028691186602 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3056 (EA) Unknown 100 100 26413 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8187 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9875 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	60.5% Good	Read 510 Write 196 Mixed 331 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 4.4 69% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 5.84 59% 138 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 86%
Seagate ST3000DM003-1F216N 3TB 4,050 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 249GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 124879184 (03) Spinup time 95 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1643 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 94585717667 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 864 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 487653403 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 80862 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 64424509467 (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 -21440476736943 (F1) Unknown 100 253 47158798105 (F2) Unknown 100 253 373478363498	67.1% Good	Read 117 Write 117 Mixed 93.6 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.12 58% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 99%
Seagate BACKUP+ 500GB 533 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 146GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 83 Write 60.3 Mixed 48.1 48% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.17 51% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 62%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 93GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 159 4858 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6819 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 38921 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4198 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 414 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6809 (C2) HDA temperature 115 92 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 50 50 37063 (F1) Unknown 200 200 107743304472 (F2) Unknown 200 200 261092283942	47.6% Average	Read 83 Write 82.5 Mixed 92 65% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.42 102% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 24.5 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 25.3 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 69%

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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	299x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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	78x
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	24x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $466

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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