Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.2% 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	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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD5
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '16 at 08:20
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 688 72% 576 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3965) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5921 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.2% Below average	Lighting 46.2 Reflection 43.2 Parallax 37.7 38% 42.4 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 38.7 Splatting 34.7 30% 37.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 100 109573832 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1385 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 751185 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13054 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 936 (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 69 53 589103135 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 638 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2230 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 77309411359 (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 -118227564752501 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1190072810 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1496286592	88.7% Excellent	Read 115 Write 193 Mixed 134 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 5.44 4K Mixed 0.88 230% 2.36 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 108%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 173 7791 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3491 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9773 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 863 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 69742 (C2) HDA temperature 113 104 39 (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	70.6% Very good	Read 128 Write 118 Mixed 118 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.18 85% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 83%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 551GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 176 1383 (04) Start/Stop count 74 74 26515 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11184 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 846 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 155 155 137722 (C2) HDA temperature 110 100 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	45.3% Average	Read 81.5 Write 76.5 Mixed 77 59% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.23 66% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 62%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 646GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 179 1891 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5059 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7883 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 723 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 562 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5416 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	50% Average	Read 89.2 Write 84.8 Mixed 81.4 64% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.25 72% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 62%
Maxtor STM3320620AS 320GB 1,997 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 145GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 83 71306915 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13425 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 452110864 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 23750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3029 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 47 741081132 (C2) HDA temperature 44 53 55834574892 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 52 237193787 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 250 3	26% Poor	Read 46.7 Write 43.7 Mixed 49.8 35% 46.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.29 78% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 44%
Seagate FreeAgent 1.5TB 684 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 508GB free, PID 3001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 33.7 Write 33.3 Mixed 33.4 43% 33.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.35 67% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.4% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.8 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 119%

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	292x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	74x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	71x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	22x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 81%, 12,182 samples	15x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $449

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