Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	313% 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 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.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '16 at 18:39
Run Duration	82 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	70%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 274 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 721 76% 606 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Lighting 81.9 Reflection 82.6 Parallax 70.9 67% 78.5 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 74.4 Splatting 75 61% 74.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 60%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2,387 Write 1,481 Mixed 1,562 400% 1,810 MB/s	4K Read 58.9 4K Write 259 4K Mixed 66.6 311% 128 MB/s	DQ Read 1,136 DQ Write 395 DQ Mixed 239 315% 590 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 283%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	82.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 24.9 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 28.8 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 107%

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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 216 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 60%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	146x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	24x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	23x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	23x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $109Bench 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: 38% - Below average

Total price: $1,530

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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