Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD5
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '18 at 03:23
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 75.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 231 77% 140 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 440 59% 439 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 110 Parallax 109 83% 107 fps	MRender 92.3 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 88.5 75% 92.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 474 Write 421 Mixed 308 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 29.3 103% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 161 164% 269 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 114%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 857GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 132 Write 121 Mixed 93 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR1 0616 DDR4-2133 CL15 8GB 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 20.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 90.2 44% 90.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 79%

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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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Typical GA-Z170X-UD5-CF Builds (Compare 485 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	292x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	74x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	71x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	22x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 81%, 12,182 samples	15x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $449

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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