Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	118% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	22 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '17 at 22:59
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	23%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 75.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 225 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 586 62% 494 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 376A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 188 Parallax 167 131% 172 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 164 Splatting 108 105% 130 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP920 256GB-$203 2,823 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^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 6954 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 917 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 66 66 1036 (AE) Unknown 100 100 105 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 51 210454118437 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (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 66 66 34 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 42965904643 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1397985257 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3062587781	98.2% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 347 Mixed 418 95% 429 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 33.2 147% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 58.4 100% 198 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 99%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: MX6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34388050344 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 125 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 270 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 130 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 193275166758 (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 200 200 0	106% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 177 Mixed 166 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.25 112% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 209GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1993 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 329 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4349 (C2) HDA temperature 105 100 38 (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	68.7% Good	Read 122 Write 117 Mixed 113 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.33 107% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 31GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2700 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8521 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 920 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2599 (C2) HDA temperature 107 101 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	76.5% Very good	Read 158 Write 109 Mixed 110 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.23 99% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-023.A00G 9905598-009.A00G 9905678-023.A00G 9905598-009.A00G 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.6% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.6 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 90 44% 90 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 71%

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Typical GA-Z170X-UD3-CF Builds (Compare 708 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

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 $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $451

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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