Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.8% 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	98.5% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150904
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 05:55
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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 i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 474 64% 475 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.3% 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 36CB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.8% Very good	Lighting 97.7 Reflection 106 Parallax 105 80% 103 fps	MRender 87.3 Gravity 91.6 Splatting 75.6 69% 84.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 191 100 80 91 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 481 Mixed 337 SusWrite 144 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 50.1 176% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 245 209% 309 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 521GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 155 154 157 157 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 172 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 154 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GB 4,057 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 25.2 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24.7 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 79%

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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 TH-CF Builds (Compare 217 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 70%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 60%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	147x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	24x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	24x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	23x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 53% - Above average

Total price: $1,102

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16