Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	124% 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	120% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150727
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '19 at 21:26
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 438 53% 409 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 187 Parallax 184 139% 181 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 175 Splatting 124 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$76 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 425 437 325 90 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 465 Mixed 393 SusWrite 296 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 63.1 212% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 252GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 427 444 465 466 465 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 469 Mixed 443 SusWrite 447 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 61.7 209% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 884GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 201 200 199 201 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 96.5 Mixed 30 SusWrite 200 93% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 373% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 133GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 80 80 80 79 79 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 82.5 Write 62 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 79.1 98% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 85% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 49%
WD 3200AAC External 320GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 24GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 36.3 Write 37.5 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 40.5 48% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 98% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.2 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 95%

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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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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	248x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	182x
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	20x

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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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