Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.8% 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	231% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD5
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '18 at 17:31
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 460 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.8% Very good	Lighting 98.2 Reflection 107 Parallax 97.4 80% 101 fps	MRender 91.3 Gravity 93.5 Splatting 86.1 74% 90.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4L7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 497 318 320 317 318 317 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,399 Write 1,114 Mixed 678 SusWrite 348 196% 885 MB/s	4K Read 64.2 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 86.9 308% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 1555 DQ Write 1,090 DQ Mixed 1,028 847% 1,224 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 93GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 361 360 358 361 357 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 370 Mixed 283 SusWrite 359 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 41.6 172% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 130 155% 271 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 54GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 437 442 452 454 453 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 404 Write 401 Mixed 291 SusWrite 443 87% 385 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 43.9 165% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 181 184% 297 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 107%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 47GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 367 368 367 367 367 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 372 Mixed 284 SusWrite 367 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 43.6 172% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 129 153% 268 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 26.1 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.5 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 95%

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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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Typical GA-Z170X-UD5-CF Builds (Compare 487 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	293x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	74x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	72x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	22x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 81%, 12,182 samples	15x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $444

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16