Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% 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	212% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '18 at 12:11
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 596 8-Core 597 80% 597 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2862 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 197 Reflection 206 Parallax 207 160% 203 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 190 Splatting 132 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 898 912 919 922 914 914 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,609 Write 921 Mixed 700 SusWrite 913 230% 1036 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 46.6 202% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,081 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 372 361% 592 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 243%
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 27GB free Firmware: SBFZ10.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 95 95 96 96 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 446 Write 94.3 Mixed 138 SusWrite 95.2 42% 193 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 22.7 105% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 85.4 DQ Mixed 110 103% 165 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 89%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 333GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 150 148 150 152 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 140 Write 144 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 150 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 100%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 142 142 143 144 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 131 Write 142 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 142 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 34.1 108% 38 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 30.4 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 105%

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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 $92Bench 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 $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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