Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics97.4% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemGigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF  (all builds)
Memory25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 11 '20 at 00:30
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU 29%
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 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
80.6% Excellent
Memory 85.5
1-Core 125
2-Core 236
84% 149 Pts
4-Core 408
8-Core 631
64% 520 Pts
64-Core 630
39% 630 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
97.4% Outstanding
Lighting 125
Reflection 135
Parallax 116
102% 125 fps
MRender 108
Gravity 121
Splatting 101
89% 110 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 97.4%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB
921GB free
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 466 470 477 478 467 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
122% Outstanding
Read 495
Write 478
Mixed 397
SusWrite 469
104% 460 MB/s
4K Read 38.8
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 52.6
186% 68.4 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 337
DQ Mixed 285
233% 333 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 122%
Great: 114%
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 250GB
233GB free
Firmware: EMT41B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 309 307 307 307 306 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
122% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 469
Mixed 393
SusWrite 322
94% 421 MB/s
4K Read 46.4
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 61.2
212% 76 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 352
267% 360 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 122%
Great: 118%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
873GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 161 163 165 165 155 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
99.6% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 165
Mixed 86.7
SusWrite 163
110% 150 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.2
240% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 99.6%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB-$74
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (39th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.7% Very good
MC Read 27.5
MC Write 28.6
MC Mixed 23.8
76% 26.6 GB/s
SC Read 17.6
SC Write 26.4
SC Mixed 21.9
63% 22 GB/s
Latency 71.6
56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 74.7%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF Builds (Compare 662 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $452
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