Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	99.9% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 TH
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	40.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	May 09 '18 at 00:59
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 83 1-Core 123 2-Core 256 84% 154 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 680 70% 562 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 66.3 Reflection 69.4 Parallax 61.4 54% 65.7 fps	Gravity 64.9 Splatting 59.5 55% 62.2 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6887 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 348 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 148 (A3) Unknown 100 100 51 (A4) Unknown 100 100 99197 (A5) Unknown 100 100 137 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 48 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 51 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 386579 (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 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1108476 (F2) Unknown 100 100 794077 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1587152	99.9% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 419 Mixed 459 103% 462 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 38 135% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 72.6 110% 207 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 105%
Seagate ST5000LM000-2AN170 5TB 5,890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 154193871 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2709 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 61 22385550 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 80075370268336 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (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 61 33 146818727975 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 3743 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11227 (C2) HDA temperature 39 67 38654705703 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 82 64 154193871 (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 50087908606137 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8361256243 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33826747686 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	40.1% Average	Read 70.3 Write 68.2 Mixed 29.5 41% 56 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 4.04 4K Mixed 0.23 138% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 64%
G-raid Studio 8TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 141% 497GB free Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	152% Outstanding	Read 329 Write 201 Mixed 203 182% 244 MB/s	4K Read 1.51 4K Write 4.52 4K Mixed 0.35 186% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 152%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 108GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 95011568 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 281 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20440182 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16024 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 280 (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 73 66 538181659 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 47691 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 55834574875 (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 -3779571212554 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23907728401 (F2) Unknown 100 253 95673659467	77.1% Very good	Read 150 Write 119 Mixed 111 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 151GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 171 Write 89 Mixed 31.2 102% 97 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 2.91 4K Mixed 0.38 117% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 083A 2TB 995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 91GB free, PID 083a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	Read 104 Write 37.1 Mixed 51.7 71% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.66 4K Mixed 0.25 33% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 197 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.9% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 129%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	149x
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	13x
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 $45Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16