Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	277% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '24 at 20:20
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 237 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 654 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4073) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 118 Parallax 122 108% 124 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 106 Splatting 92.2 90% 112 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$107 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 730GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1100 1417 1598 1639 1628 1637 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 1,909 Write 1435 Mixed 1,196 SusWrite 1,503 339% 1,511 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 75.2 238% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 881 DQ Write 678 DQ Mixed 788 587% 783 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 488%
Samsung 860 Pro 2TB-$474 2,198 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 2TB free Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 393 408 411 408 408 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 412 Mixed 434 SusWrite 386 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 54.7 181% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 131%
Samsung 860 Pro 2TB-$474 2,198 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 1.5TB free Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 396 411 415 412 412 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 408 Mixed 400 SusWrite 389 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 53.3 171% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 131%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 4,091 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.7% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 117%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	69	57	120	23.5"	1280 720	MSI3EA0 MSI G24C

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Typical GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF Builds (Compare 667 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	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