Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '18 at 05:58
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 569 76% 569 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1010 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.2.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 86.8 Parallax 160 97% 122 fps	MRender 89.6 Gravity 119 Splatting 130 94% 113 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 1 2 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15245 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2268 (B1) Unknown 89 89 128 (B3) Unknown 99 1 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 1 2 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 36 (BE) vendor-specific 70 44 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 199 199 36 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 602 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35978372003	81.4% Excellent	Read 498 Write 351 Mixed 341 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 20.4 129% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 42.8 DQ Write 78.6 DQ Mixed 20.1 27% 47.2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 108%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 11GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6820408073994 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 335 (AB) Unknown 0 0 9 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 149 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 9 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 9 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3234 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2862 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2862 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3790	37.6% Below average	Read 200 Write 59.5 Mixed 86.7 25% 115 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 11.1 81% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 55.7 DQ Write 70.4 DQ Mixed 23.4 29% 49.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 51%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$137 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7349 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 240519741467 (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 200 253 30 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 25 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 563 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	80.3% Excellent	Read 140 Write 139 Mixed 133 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 2.66 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.28 182% 1.69 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 215846152 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2802 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 55312975 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12256 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1849 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 75 48 420872217 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 66306 (C2) HDA temperature 25 52 68719476761 (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 -77472620078561 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25585665688 (F2) Unknown 100 253 423714757656	98.7% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 165 Mixed 165 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.2 84% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 114%
ADATA CH11 500GB 514 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 61GB free, PID a11a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 67.8 Write 67 Mixed 50.9 78% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.2 59% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D4-2400-MR 2x8GB 3,744 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 27.9 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 25.4 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 85%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	245x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	180x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	73x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	94x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	56x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	52x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	38x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	24x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	25x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	15x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $451

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16