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 (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	79% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '18 at 00:47
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$170 588,978 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 (98^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 263 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 789 78% 637 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 773 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 978 (AA) Unknown 97 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 79 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 29 100 64427589661 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 250010 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 58 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 97 100 0 (E9) Unknown 93 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 250010 (F2) Unknown 100 100 353049 (F9) Unknown 100 100 39086	79% Very good	Read 521 Write 188 Mixed 325 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 27.8 122% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 52.8 87% 167 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 95%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 229365944 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 8 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1083415 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 46 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 65 62 605290531 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 85899345955 (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 -87170656239570 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4692294812 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4116538858	89.1% Excellent	Read 134 Write 176 Mixed 109 104% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 4.57 4K Mixed 0.54 172% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 84GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 116643401 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1161 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33117861 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2269 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 637 (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 68 54 571605024 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1178 (C2) HDA temperature 32 15 64424509472 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 11 1 116643401 (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 63655710296244 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16472115094 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25674179194	77.5% Very good	Read 166 Write 105 Mixed 122 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 66GB free Firmware: 0637 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 110 Write 118 Mixed 114 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.73 4K Mixed 0.47 147% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 67%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1TB 3,701 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 100GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 99 Write 101 Mixed 73.1 115% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.34 71% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD2 859B BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 27.3 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 26.8 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 83%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	306x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	96x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	94x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	139x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	79x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	55x

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 $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	40x
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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Total price: $582

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16