Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.15% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	207% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160314
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '23 at 01:45
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 78.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 243 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 645 67% 538 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2112 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.15% Terrible	Lighting 6.8 Reflection 8.2 Parallax 7.8 6% 7.6 fps	MRender 8.7 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 10.9 7% 8.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.15% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$330 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 283GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 960 1036 1012 983 1005 972 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,791 Write 1,260 Mixed 735 SusWrite 995 266% 1,195 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 45 157% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 798 DQ Write 368 DQ Mixed 447 367% 537 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 283%
WD Re 2TB (2012)-$25 5,893 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 790GB free Firmware: 01.01K03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 114 115 112 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 79.5 Write 76.5 Mixed 48.2 SusWrite 114 58% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 90%
WD Blue 750GB (2008)-$72 4,659 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 49GB free Firmware: 30.04G30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 76 74 75 75 75 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 68.2 Write 66.5 Mixed 47.4 SusWrite 74.8 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 52%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 133GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 115 116 116 113 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 119 Write 108 Mixed 70.4 SusWrite 115 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 68%
WD WD2000FYYZ-DATTO-1 2TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01KD2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 147 147 149 148 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 154 Write 135 Mixed 98.5 SusWrite 148 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GB 3,147 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 19.5 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 82.7 48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	53	20	60	7.2"	1280 720	SAM03F5 SyncMaster

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	151x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	24x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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 $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	14x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 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 $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	6x

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