Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	78.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151020
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '18 at 00:02
Run Duration	596 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (53^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 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 258 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 738 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 158 Parallax 136 123% 148 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 145 Splatting 116 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0 416 262 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 428 Write 461 Mixed 314 SusWrite 113 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 40.6 143% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 43.2 84% 162 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 107%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 64GB free Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0 98 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 162 Write 142 Mixed 151 SusWrite 35.2 27% 123 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 29.1 120% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 123 98% 136 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 61%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 405GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 3 112 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 99.8 Write 108 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 37.7 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 75%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015)-$103 691 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2TB free Firmware: DN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0.3 171 172 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 117%
HitachiG ST 4TB 176 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 360GB free, PID 1015 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0.4 82 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	27.1% Poor	Read 100 Write 133 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 27.5 96% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 51%
SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB 207 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 166GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 39 Write 41.3 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 27.9 46% 34.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 63% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 23%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 93 94 94 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 87.8 Mixed 71 SusWrite 62.4 104% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 8.4 4K Mixed 0.8 316% 3.33 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 10.8 DQ Mixed 0.6 389% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.8 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 110%

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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	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 $195Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	10x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GBHyperX $165Bench 92%, 7,179 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16