Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 105%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	111% 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	129% 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.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 3 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '18 at 18:04
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-6700K-$327 228,793 User benchmarks, average bench 89% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	SC Int 140 SC Float 146 SC Mixed 143 114% 143 Pts	QC Int 493 QC Float 527 QC Mixed 523 116% 514 Pts	MC Int 706 MC Float 803 MC Mixed 760 113% 756 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$320 363,910 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2188 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 343 Reflection 313 Parallax 368 109% 342 fps	MRender 224 Gravity 314 Splatting 243 112% 260 fps
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$163 47,285 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7096 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 999 (B1) Unknown 98 98 84 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 64 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 68 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21406943670	129% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 487 Mixed 489 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 56.1 209% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 135 156% 268 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 125%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 9,724 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 843GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 20585832 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1096 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5908229 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7087 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1096 (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 74 67 437583898 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1745 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 73014444058 (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 -89747636610175 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5292732739 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36100926946	92.4% Outstanding	Read 121 Write 200 Mixed 143 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 5.06 4K Mixed 0.8 208% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 4x8GB 606 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 35.5 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 47.7 SC Mixed 34.9 101% 35.4 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 120%

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Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 66%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $327Bench 89%, 228,793 samples	808x
Core i5-6600KIntel $230Bench 86%, 136,500 samples	341x
Core i7-7700KIntel $335Bench 96%, 194,374 samples	127x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $320Bench 98%, 363,910 samples	403x
GTX 1080Nvidia $457Bench 124%, 311,354 samples	235x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $269Bench 72%, 356,117 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 106%, 286,305 samples	150x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $115Bench 113%, 232,900 samples	95x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $94Bench 199%, 90,774 samples	41x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $139Bench 86%, 94,698 samples	87x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $155Bench 89%, 53,511 samples	72x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $127Bench 84%, 14,366 samples	53x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $886

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $370	Nvidia GTX 1070 $320	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $150	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $269	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $115
Intel Core i5-8600K $260	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $139	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $80
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $869	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $155	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $11