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 as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	93.9% 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	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	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '17 at 08:01
Run Duration	354 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 128 2-Core 215 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 610 62% 504 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 178 Mixed 294 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 50.2 194% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 395 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 134 167% 295 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 144%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 174 8125 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1610 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3432 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 960 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 34273 (C2) HDA temperature 123 105 29 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75% Very good	Read 131 Write 130 Mixed 127 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.21 112% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 116663032 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8161 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 51 48 1155378328839 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16257 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2515 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 96 96 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 90 249112035397 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 67 42 172353650721 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 550 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 64 64 72219 (C2) HDA temperature 33 58 42949672993 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 234 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -74448963103599 (F1) Unknown 100 253 55781997383 (F2) Unknown 100 253 74549642954	71.9% Very good	Read 121 Write 130 Mixed 134 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.09 4K Write 0.22 4K Mixed 0.08 17% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 113%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 158GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 100 24659656 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 125 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1060104 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 315 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 131 (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 71 65 487915549 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1025 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 85899345949 (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 -59669980643160 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2124164901 (F2) Unknown 100 253 923283498	70.9% Very good	Read 108 Write 138 Mixed 113 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.77 214% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 111%
Kingston DataTraveler G3 4GB 1,443 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 1643 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	6.26% Terrible	Read 23.7 Write 4.11 Mixed 6.53 11% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 8.02 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 30% 2.68 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.26% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.9 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 21 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 74%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	299x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	96x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	78x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	29x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	15x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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