Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	56.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD5
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5-CF (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '19 at 00:09
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 230 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 372 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2652 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 152 Parallax 127 109% 137 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 130 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 110 124 108 99 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 331 Write 147 Mixed 194 SusWrite 110 43% 196 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 29.1 93% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 147 115% 159 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 87%
PNY SSD2SC480G1SA754D117-537 480GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 189GB free Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 206 237 261 268 269 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 322 Write 311 Mixed 258 SusWrite 240 64% 283 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 24.7 83% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 179 141% 195 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 105%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 112 112 100 110 110 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 126 Write 124 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 108 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.3 118% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 85%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 299GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 94 95 92 94 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 111 Write 88.5 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 93.6 66% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB 17,846 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.9% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 14.2 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 10.3 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 86%

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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 $109Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $463

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 $184	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