Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.7% 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	174% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '19 at 11:53
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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 above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 676 74% 588 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.9% 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 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 113 Parallax 96 82% 103 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 90.1 Splatting 96.6 78% 94.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.7% 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% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 680 648 645 618 599 595 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,548 Write 826 Mixed 540 SusWrite 631 196% 886 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 38.8 180% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 675 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 257 236% 377 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 243%
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 126GB free Firmware: O1203AB SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 54 53 52 52 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 440 Write 295 Mixed 338 SusWrite 89 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 34.6 110% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 83.5 DQ Mixed 114 93% 136 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 92%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 87 86 87 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 81 Write 89 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 86.4 50% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 92%
Generic- SD/MMC 4GB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.7 5.7 6.4 5.4 6.4 6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	3.38% Terrible	Read 9.7 Write 3.5 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 5.9 7% 5.85 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 11% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.38% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3866 C18 2x4GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.2% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 20.5 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 119%

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Typical GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF Builds (Compare 660 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	297x
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	77x
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	23x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $461

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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