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 above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	64.9% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 00:58
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 290 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 810 81% 661 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2672 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 5332 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 592 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8697507023620 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 28 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 33 287762808871 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4037281121196 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3060 (EA) Unknown 100 100 26448 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8201 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9892 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.9% Good	Read 493 Write 327 Mixed 309 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 2.22 61% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 5.84 56% 132 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 86%
Seagate ST3000DM003-1F216N 3TB 4,050 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 248GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 156009992 (03) Spinup time 95 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1644 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 94585745240 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7409 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 865 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 60 454164505 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 80879 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 64424509465 (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 42275363099218 (F1) Unknown 100 253 47166710627 (F2) Unknown 100 253 373483577921	66% Good	Read 113 Write 117 Mixed 119 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.17 63% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 99%
Seagate BACKUP+ 500GB 533 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 146GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 83.5 Write 57.6 Mixed 48.8 47% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.15 49% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 62%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 93GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 159 4225 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6821 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 38924 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4199 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 414 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6811 (C2) HDA temperature 117 92 30 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 50 50 37065 (F1) Unknown 200 200 107747637719 (F2) Unknown 200 200 261094283303	48.1% Average	Read 85.5 Write 81.9 Mixed 90.6 65% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.32 90% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 24 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 35 SC Mixed 26.9 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 88%

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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	297x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	96x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	29x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	15x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $461

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