Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 63%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	82.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (48%). 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD5
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 15:09
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	63% Good	Memory 72.1 1-Core 72.1 2-Core 152 58% 98.6 Pts	4-Core 291 8-Core 489 48% 390 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 116 Parallax 97.4 84% 105 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 99 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,990 Write 819 Mixed 576 245% 1,128 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 53 206% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 954 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 365 326% 514 MB/s
Poor: 131% Great: 243%
WD Purple Surveillance 2TB (2017)-$70 11,781 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 762GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 88 90 85 93 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 92.3 Write 109 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 88.8 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 104%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 77 76 77 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 70.2 Write 71.5 Mixed 76 SusWrite 76.8 55% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x16GB-$68 6,515 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.5 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 15 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 96.6 41% 96.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 85%

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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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Gaming 68%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	294x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	22x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 81%, 12,182 samples	15x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $449

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16