Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 79.3%, 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	80.3% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '17 at 21:24
Run Duration	363 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 217 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 591 60% 485 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.3% 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 133 Reflection 142 Parallax 133 108% 136 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 127 Splatting 107 90% 110 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% 647GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 27444 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 966 (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 59 49 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 460 (F1) Unknown 99 99 177739891722	80.3% Excellent	Read 493 Write 340 Mixed 351 87% 395 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 63.1 4K Mixed 20.4 119% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 38.3 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 20.4 44% 83.6 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 80.3% 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 as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 164 6391 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3207 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6808 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 460 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 141 141 178427 (C2) HDA temperature 113 108 37 (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	66.2% Good	Read 117 Write 113 Mixed 111 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.29 110% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 430GB 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 109 99 23896560 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16453 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 55 30110446692 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 37117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1059 (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 60 52 211126976552 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 450 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 39 39 123105 (C2) HDA temperature 40 48 -140737488355288 (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 131533373446118 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23735556441 (F2) Unknown 100 253 186021640981	69.3% Good	Read 118 Write 124 Mixed 111 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.28 82% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 113%
Jmicron Generic 1TB 3,310 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 411GB free Firmware: 0223 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 87.3 Write 75.6 Mixed 83.7 62% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.37 86% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 79%
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 (98^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 164 Mixed 93.2 175% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 11.6 4K Mixed 0.75 423% 4.45 MB/s	DQ Read 1.35 DQ Write 11.4 DQ Mixed 0.73 417% 4.49 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 95.7% 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 (93^rd percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 147 Write 156 Mixed 89.3 164% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 10.9 4K Mixed 0.71 399% 4.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1.54 DQ Write 13.2 DQ Mixed 0.6 474% 5.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 92%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 2,589 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID c75c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	7.57% Terrible	Read 31.3 Write 7.98 Mixed 9.1 16% 16.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.003 20% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.57% Great: 8%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 25.1 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 22.6 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 87%

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

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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	243x
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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	24x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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