Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '19 at 12:15
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 218 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 662 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 850A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1636 MHz, MLim: 1815 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Lighting 90.7 Reflection 90.4 Parallax 87.4 74% 89.5 fps	MRender 83.5 Gravity 80.7 Splatting 72.7 64% 79 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$69 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 330GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 403 407 414 420 418 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 432 Mixed 335 SusWrite 409 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 46.3 176% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 283 231% 330 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 119%
Transcend TS64GMTS400S 64GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 10GB free Firmware: Q1018BDN Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 443 Write 335 Mixed 97.2 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 40 139% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 136 127% 190 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 87%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 651GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 106 105 105 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 52 SusWrite 105 66% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.8 174% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 191GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 134 133 124 143 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 101 Write 90.2 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 131 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.6% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.6 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 110%

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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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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	243x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	179x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	73x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 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	38x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	24x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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