Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	22.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '18 at 15:45
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	0%

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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 256 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 699 68% 557 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1380 MHz, MLim: 1737 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.9 81% 99.5 fps	MRender 87.6 Gravity 90.7 Splatting 78.6 69% 85.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,891 Write 879 Mixed 839 263% 1,203 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 231 4K Mixed 69 293% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1203 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 498 434% 673 MB/s
Poor: 136% Great: 262%
WD WD1003FZEX-00K3C 1TB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 86GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 143 143 145 145 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 110 Write 105 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 144 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 104%
WD WD2003FZEX-00SRL 2TB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 87GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 111 111 110 111 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 96 Write 112 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 111 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 110%
ADATA SU 650 120GB 60GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 244 244 251 197 40 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	231% Outstanding	Read 120 Write 247 Mixed 158 SusWrite 190 259% 179 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 28.8 2,906% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 26.7 DQ Write 57.1 DQ Mixed 31.9 3,126% 38.6 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSB.16FAD 2x16GB 574 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 26.5 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 25.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 86%

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Typical GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF Builds (Compare 216 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 60%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	146x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	24x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	23x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	23x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	15x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	12x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	10x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GBHyperX $165Bench 92%, 7,179 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	6x

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Value: 38% - Below average

Total price: $1,530

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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