Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	249% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 17:01
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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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 i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 689 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 112 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.6 91% 109 fps	Gravity 97.9 Splatting 103 89% 100 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$65 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 223GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4167206 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 120319213830404 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 72 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 11 (B1) Unknown 0 0 95 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 42 77312163863 (C2) HDA temperature 23 42 77312163863 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4167206 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4167206 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4167206 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294963362 (EA) Unknown 0 0 697 (F1) Unknown 0 0 697 (F2) Unknown 0 0 661 (F4) Unknown 95 95 196673690	66.6% Good	Read 466 Write 184 Mixed 268 67% 306 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 14.2 100% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 40.6 68% 129 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 84%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$140 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,401 Write 1,298 Mixed 1,430 377% 1,709 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 44.8 187% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 594 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 220 209% 339 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 254%
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 91GB free Firmware: SAFM12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1377 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 302 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 76 62 163209805848	67.1% Good	Read 493 Write 270 Mixed 273 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 7.72 71% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 36.6 84% 177 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 99%
Kingston SHFS37A240G 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 67GB free Firmware: CR100-11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7680 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10453 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 31817 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3678 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 67792 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 33 (BE) vendor-specific 80 52 20 (C2) HDA temperature 178 94 20 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 67792 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	23.7% Poor	Read 31.3 Write 51.2 Mixed 46.6 33% 43 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.22 64% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$45 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 80%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	310x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	99x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	140x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	80x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	56x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	29x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	15x

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