Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). 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	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160529
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '17 at 19:47
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 96.9 2-Core 197 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 399 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8387) 1.2GB CLim: 742 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	21.4% Poor	Lighting 25.3 Reflection 38.5 Parallax 28.2 21% 30.7 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 20.7 Splatting 25.9 23% 28.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 38772 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 158 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 110 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 876535 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 4240 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 4 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 2326344 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 876535 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9407376	39.9% Below average	Read 258 Write 166 Mixed 199 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 26.8 4K Mixed 11.3 52% 17.8 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 64.1 DQ Mixed 29.8 38% 69 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 51%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 305GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 152 5241 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 13 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32773 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 451 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 421 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 451 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 37 (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	49.1% Average	Read 83 Write 87.5 Mixed 84.7 64% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.48 129% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[2/7/4]199[F/T] 2x8GB 969 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 28 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 21.6 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.3% 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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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	299x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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	78x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

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

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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