Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 99%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	137% 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	65.5% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	5431 x 3055 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '18 at 22:33
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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)	99% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 289 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 821 85% 685 Pts	64-Core 821 51% 821 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2975 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 199 Parallax 203 159% 199 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 190 Splatting 129 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST2000DM001-1CH164 250GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 138GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2457 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 141 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 65 57 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1382321825
Poor: 75% Great: 130%
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -60301339920029 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 5043 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4902 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 10393021 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 92 92 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10393021 (F2) Unknown 100 100 617976 (F9) Unknown 100 100 62028	65.5% Good	Read 481 Write 122 Mixed 175 56% 260 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 14 111% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 47 66% 123 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 80%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 31GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9085919 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -28252294862113 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3063 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 924 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 53 1009320788002 (C2) HDA temperature 34 53 1009320788002 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9085919 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9085919 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9085919 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 92 92 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11458 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2800 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2800 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10174	54.9% Above average	Read 390 Write 115 Mixed 150 47% 218 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 11 98% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 79.3 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 27.6 40% 73.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 685GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 130377968 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6556 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 62178985 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18426 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3759 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 63 48 622264357 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 974 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 232867 (C2) HDA temperature 37 52 47244640293 (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 -100815767328544 (F1) Unknown 100 253 44478305655 (F2) Unknown 100 253 48813031160	96% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 155 Mixed 137 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.28 82% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 29.8 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 30.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 104%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	146x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	24x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	23x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	23x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	15x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	12x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	10x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GBHyperX $165Bench 92%, 7,179 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	6x

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Value: 38% - Below average

Total price: $1,530

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