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 (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	84.8% 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.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '18 at 11:33
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 145 2-Core 260 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 689 68% 557 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 780 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 987 (AA) Unknown 97 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 80 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 27 100 64427589659 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 275957 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 57 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 97 100 0 (E9) Unknown 93 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 275957 (F2) Unknown 100 100 376101 (F9) Unknown 100 100 40036	84.8% Excellent	Read 513 Write 233 Mixed 286 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 24 132% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 66.5 100% 191 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 95%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 105022696 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 17 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2522353 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 63 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 63 62 622198821 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 37 40 81604378661 (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 -126826089283522 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6685119774 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5455666203	94.2% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 136 Mixed 159 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.2 84% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 89GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 63 1766 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1176 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34169768 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2286 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 646 (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 67 54 554958881 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1193 (C2) HDA temperature 33 15 64424509473 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 1 1766 (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 -104530914047803 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17758421094 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26718365012	84% Excellent	Read 150 Write 143 Mixed 102 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.28 86% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 84GB free Firmware: 0637 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 115 Write 132 Mixed 62.4 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 4.28 4K Mixed 0.58 164% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 67%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1TB 3,701 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 100GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 98.8 Write 102 Mixed 84.9 122% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.35 72% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD2 859B BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 27.7 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 83%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	306x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	96x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	94x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	139x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	79x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	55x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	29x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	15x

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Total price: $582

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16