Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	60.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD5
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '17 at 00:51
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 139 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 737 73% 596 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2730 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 192 Parallax 178 135% 178 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 159 Splatting 123 110% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 78GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4036049 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24541443153486 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1164 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 479 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 67 42954063901 (C2) HDA temperature 29 67 42954063901 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4036049 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4036049 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4036049 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13138 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3092 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3092 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10809	66.7% Good	Read 517 Write 141 Mixed 196 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 14 110% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 41.3 57% 104 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 73%
Intel 330 Series 60GB 2,582 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 42GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 45904611378751 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1490 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1428 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 244552 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 244552 (F2) Unknown 100 100 220657 (F9) Unknown 100 100 11246	57.2% Above average	Read 450 Write 71.6 Mixed 111 45% 211 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 16 107% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 67.9 DQ Mixed 21.5 34% 64.9 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 67%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 25540215 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 127775277080209 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1162 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 482 (B1) Unknown 0 0 12 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 67 38659096606 (C2) HDA temperature 30 67 38659096606 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 25540215 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 25540215 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 25540215 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 32866 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9242 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9242 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15937	60.1% Good	Read 482 Write 114 Mixed 156 54% 251 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 11.8 99% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 10.3 39% 85.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 10GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 18605138 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 -117561844809253 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 886 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 336 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 40 64427130910 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 64427130910 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18605138 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18605138 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18605138 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5678 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2612 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2612 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11201	45.3% Average	Read 166 Write 86.2 Mixed 111 27% 121 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 12.2 101% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 85.6 DQ Mixed 27.7 40% 76.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 73%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 144 144 38681706947 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 315 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 27301 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 315 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 607 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 607 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 244814250019 (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	81.7% Excellent	Read 149 Write 136 Mixed 117 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.44 126% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 82%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 776GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 87 (03) Spinup time 144 144 38681772486 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 316 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22447 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 316 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 498 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 498 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 249109151777 (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	74.9% Very good	Read 139 Write 122 Mixed 95 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.44 118% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 82%
WD WD7502AAEX-00Y9A0 750GB 4,731 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 479GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 176 169 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5541 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1918 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 941 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4599 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 32 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	68.3% Good	Read 123 Write 116 Mixed 124 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.46 72% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.9% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 21.7 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 85%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	292x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $274	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