Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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.
Graphics	82.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '17 at 04:11
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 277 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 767 75% 615 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 90%

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: 382.53 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 114 Parallax 104 85% 107 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 90.9 78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 mSATA 500GB-$79 522 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6909 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 838 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 177 (AE) Unknown 100 100 346 (B4) Unknown 0 0 5511 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 23 330713727019 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 40913931295 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1280568475 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2540656852	89.9% Excellent	Read 522 Write 398 Mixed 407 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 20.4 131% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 34.3 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 24.1 56% 108 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 100 239609400 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 23 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 8590867260 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 78 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (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 59 55 707264553 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1244 (C2) HDA temperature 41 45 98784247849 (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 -13748190314464 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1369726653 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1279788153	98.2% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 161 Mixed 165 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 237033624 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2207 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 55 47 700134352010 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22632 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 914 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 21475229753 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 46 690487336 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 392 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2713 (C2) HDA temperature 40 54 81604378664 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 4 237033624 (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 37623913525724 (F1) Unknown 100 253 776812451 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3341780658	78% Very good	Read 138 Write 134 Mixed 125 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.73 137% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 75%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 86GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2362 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1156 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 8499 (0A) Spinup retry count 123 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 350 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 40 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4619 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 227634511918 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 82 82 7379 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 201 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	59.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 105 Mixed 94.1 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.26 91% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 33.2 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 42.3 SC Mixed 31.1 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%

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Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	146x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	24x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	23x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	23x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	15x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	12x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	10x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GBHyperX $165Bench 92%, 7,179 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	6x

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Total price: $1,530

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