Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170106
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '17 at 22:29
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 513 70% 521 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2172 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Lighting 84.5 Reflection 82.4 Parallax 72.2 69% 79.7 fps	MRender 76.5 Gravity 77 Splatting 79.1 64% 77.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 744GB free Firmware: PB4OCA1G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 142 100 90194313218 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1531 (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 96 96 1923 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1431 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 4294901761 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 47 621871141 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 36 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4390979 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 51430 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	86.3% Excellent	Read 149 Write 152 Mixed 129 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.27 77% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 45%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 744GB free Firmware: JA0OA590 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 36 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 166 100 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2252 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 73016816 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 2657 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1706 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 92 -37379100375181 (BC) Unknown 100 100 150342664299 (BE) vendor-specific 61 57 254214183 (BF) G-sense error rate 98 98 597 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1638425 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 198286 (C4) Reallocation count 44 44 1469 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 24088 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 22 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	85.1% Excellent	Read 148 Write 149 Mixed 130 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.29 75% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 57%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 170 2450 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 314 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1656 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 314 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 298 (C2) HDA temperature 98 95 45 (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	82.2% Excellent	Read 155 Write 131 Mixed 116 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.35 131% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 18 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 110%

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Gaming 68%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	244x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	179x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	73x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	94x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	56x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	52x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	38x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	24x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $443

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