Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	122% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	19 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '21 at 19:44
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	39%

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 i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 85.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 197 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 781 72% 604 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 190 Parallax 177 136% 178 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 173 Splatting 124 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 411 403 395 368 356 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 480 Mixed 401 SusWrite 397 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 59.9 197% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 210GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 433 440 452 365 364 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 459 Mixed 402 SusWrite 414 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 51.8 169% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 281 233% 335 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 125%
JRAID 2TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 86GB free Firmware: 0000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 51 54 54 53 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 53.9 Write 41.5 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 52.5 33% 45 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 162 163 163 162 163 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 128 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 162 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.5% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 21.9 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 106%

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Typical GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF Builds (Compare 217 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 70%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 60%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	147x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	24x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	24x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	23x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	15x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	12x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	10x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GBHyperX $165Bench 92%, 7,179 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	6x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $1,102

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16