Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3 Ultra-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	261% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD3 Ultra
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3 Ultra-CF (all builds)
Memory	30.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '20 at 18:31
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 206 83% 142 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 631 63% 515 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Zotac(19DA 4509) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3693 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.5 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1176 1178 1156 1194 1137 1155 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,034 Write 1,295 Mixed 821 SusWrite 1166 296% 1329 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 59.8 239% 92.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,230 DQ Write 378 DQ Mixed 474 436% 694 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 283%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 200 200 199 202 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 202 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 201 112% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW64GX4M4C3200C16 4x16GB 5,167 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 30 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 28.8 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 129%

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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 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3 Ultra-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	63x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	37x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	34x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	11x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	6x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	5x

RAM
CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GBUnknownBench 83%, 912 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	4x
Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCrucial $118Bench 77%, 9,846 samples	4x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $412

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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