Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '17 at 15:49
Run Duration	81 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 140 2-Core 266 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 777 79% 637 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 160 Parallax 137 126% 150 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 150 Splatting 116 104% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 621GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 174 2050 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 132 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 432 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 132 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 2 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 60 639172646 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 79 (C2) HDA temperature 105 103 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	81.8% Excellent	Read 135 Write 150 Mixed 123 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.17 108% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.8% 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 @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 32.5 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 30.9 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	301x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	96x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	93x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	137x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	78x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	29x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	15x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $442

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16