Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics85% 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 Drive179% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemGigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF  (all builds)
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 22 '21 at 14:55
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
91% Outstanding
Memory 93.8
1-Core 140
2-Core 269
94% 168 Pts
4-Core 475
8-Core 776
77% 626 Pts
64-Core 774
48% 774 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 91%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
85% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 113
Parallax 103
86% 107 fps
MRender 94.9
Gravity 105
Splatting 101
82% 100 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
160GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 787 584 591 586 584 580 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
179% Outstanding
Read 1,630
Write 1649
Mixed 680
SusWrite 619
255% 1,144 MB/s
4K Read 40.9
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 59.9
200% 72.4 MB/s
DQ Read 47.5
DQ Write 562
DQ Mixed 744
445% 451 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 179%
Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
193GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 296 300 301 300 301 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 458
Write 433
Mixed 397
SusWrite 317
90% 401 MB/s
4K Read 41.7
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 59.8
200% 71.5 MB/s
DQ Read 46.1
DQ Write 187
DQ Mixed 359
205% 197 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 105%
Great: 124%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB
346GB free, PID d011
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 24 25 26 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
12.2% Very poor
Read 35.3
Write 25.5
Mixed 19.5
SusWrite 25
34% 26.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.1
22% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 12.2%
Great: 50%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
79.5% Very good
MC Read 30.7
MC Write 30.4
MC Mixed 21.9
79% 27.7 GB/s
SC Read 19.8
SC Write 32.9
SC Mixed 24.1
73% 25.6 GB/s
Latency 60.3
66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 79.5%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF Builds (Compare 666 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 101% - Outstanding Total price: $442
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