Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33.9% 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	186% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (90%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '18 at 22:44
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	90%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$130 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Memory 52.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 218 68% 128 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 386 47% 362 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.9% Below average	Lighting 44.1 Reflection 42 Parallax 37.7 36% 41.3 fps	MRender 37.5 Gravity 38.5 Splatting 34 30% 36.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$60 1,326 User benchmarks, average bench 149% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,632 Write 953 Mixed 610 234% 1,065 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 39.3 154% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 395 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 54.6 118% 245 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 204%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 9GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17324 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 243 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 75 75 771 (AE) Unknown 100 100 48 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 55 193274642468 (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 75 75 25 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 137113632474 (F7) Unknown 100 100 5837757438 (F8) Unknown 100 100 9030567616	60.1% Good	Read 476 Write 291 Mixed 340 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 34.6 4K Mixed 13.3 72% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 62.7 DQ Write 37.5 DQ Mixed 26.1 26% 42.1 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 97%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 97GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 235 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3941 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1269 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 32895 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1042 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 180 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1088 (C2) HDA temperature 107 89 36 (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	67.1% Good	Read 123 Write 111 Mixed 101 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.38 98% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 12 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 152 26% 152 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	245x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	180x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	24x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x

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

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $457

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16