Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	79.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '17 at 21:46
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 216 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 561 57% 461 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 142 Parallax 120 108% 131 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 127 Splatting 107 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 681GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 27132 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 964 (B1) Unknown 94 94 62 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 49 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 460 (F1) Unknown 99 99 176846339728	79.2% Very good	Read 484 Write 321 Mixed 343 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 20.6 105% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 10.5 61% 141 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 126%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 164 6166 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3205 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6497 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 458 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 142 142 175878 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.6% Good	Read 113 Write 119 Mixed 113 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.3 113% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 431GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 194014128 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16451 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 55 30110337745 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 36805 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1057 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 851981 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 211076448293 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 450 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 40 40 120646 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 -140737488355291 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 78284368910246 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23732645113 (F2) Unknown 100 253 186003752881	69.1% Good	Read 122 Write 119 Mixed 119 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.26 85% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 113%
ST8000AS 0002-1NA17Z 8TB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 7.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 156 Mixed 106 177% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 11.3 4K Mixed 0.76 413% 4.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1.48 DQ Write 12 DQ Mixed 0.79 439% 4.74 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 92%
ST8000AS 0002-1NA17Z 8TB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 3.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 143 Write 145 Mixed 101 163% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 10.2 4K Mixed 0.6 372% 4.06 MB/s	DQ Read 1.51 DQ Write 13.1 DQ Mixed 0.71 475% 5.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB-$74 9,729 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 22.2 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 87%

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

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	244x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	179x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	73x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	94x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	56x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	52x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	38x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	24x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $443

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