Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '20 at 06:47
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 263 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 712 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 6520) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 122 Parallax 127 104% 125 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 114 Splatting 100 104% 131 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 300 322 322 319 313 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 331 Mixed 292 SusWrite 310 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 43.9 168% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 256 219% 322 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 128%
WD Purple Surveillance 2TB (2017)-$70 11,781 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 132 133 132 132 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 137 Write 134 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 131 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 104%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 106GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 75 76 76 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 78.9 Write 75.5 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 75.7 53% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C17-8GNT 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.6% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 21.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 23 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 80%

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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 59%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	302x
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	54x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $447

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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