Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	31.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	193% 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-UD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '16 at 18:20
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 554 74% 552 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 1950) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Lighting 39.3 Reflection 37.4 Parallax 33.4 32% 36.7 fps	MRender 40.6 Gravity 34.7 Splatting 35.8 30% 37 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 505 User benchmarks, average bench 202% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 433 Mixed 465 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 30 150% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 38.2 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 97.2 102% 157 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 450%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,930 Write 907 Mixed 1,110 289% 1,316 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 28 178% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 47.6 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 25.6 66% 131 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 EVO 250G 234GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 43GB free Firmware: EMT0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	89.4% Excellent	Read 513 Write 403 Mixed 426 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 21.3 128% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 39.4 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 20.9 57% 113 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 298GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 19231736 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4392 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10582048 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9695 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 958 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 487915549 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16364 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 42949672989 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 37662568219543 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8649423040 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34340476866	96.3% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 147 Mixed 148 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.21 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 32.3 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 41 SC Mixed 29.2 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 104%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	247x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	181x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	73x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	94x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	56x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	52x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	24x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	25x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $588

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16