Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% 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	195% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	May 02 '23 at 02:49
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (33^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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 95.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 195 79% 134 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 595 57% 469 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% HP(103C 83CC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2963 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 531.61 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (144 fps cap detected)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 144 Parallax 144 116% 144 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 144 Splatting 124 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$4 10,188 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 005C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 679 172 210 178 238 261 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 2,192 Write 1,316 Mixed 1024 SusWrite 290 266% 1,205 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 62.2 191% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 734 DQ Write 577 DQ Mixed 199 273% 504 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 293%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$54 5,987 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 40GB free Firmware: 3B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,182 Write 1,090 Mixed 1,069 249% 1,114 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 60.1 196% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 825 DQ Write 673 DQ Mixed 728 551% 742 MB/s
Poor: 122% Great: 239%
Intel SSDSC1NB240G4 240GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 37GB free Firmware: D2012370 SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 270 272 272 272 272 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 318 Write 273 Mixed 245 SusWrite 272 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 26.6 102% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 242 190% 263 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 39GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 281 179 179 181 166 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 421 Mixed 357 SusWrite 240 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 45.2 147% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 134%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 533GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 133 134 135 134 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 134 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 30.4 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 24.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 88%

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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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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	244x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $98Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $443

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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