Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	72.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '20 at 19:32
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	MKD-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 (92^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 257 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 594 66% 522 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 232 182 157 136 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 437 Write 294 Mixed 256 SusWrite 184 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 25.4 109% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 210 162% 227 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 18GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 476 Write 434 Mixed 390 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 46.4 149% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 200 159% 230 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 187GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1112 874 879 860 880 878 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,386 Write 1,801 Mixed 1,654 SusWrite 914 377% 1,689 MB/s	4K Read 63.7 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 55.5 199% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,275 DQ Write 83.8 DQ Mixed 169 252% 509 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 355%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 163 167 163 165 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 169 Mixed 89 SusWrite 165 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 14GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 89 91 93 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 81 Write 81.2 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 89.7 57% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.2% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.1 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.7 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 80%

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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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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	300x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	96x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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	24x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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 $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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16