Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93% 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	304% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (33%). 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	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160314
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 21:23
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$81 342,244 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)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 142 2-Core 283 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 529 70% 527 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2201 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 124 Parallax 105 96% 116 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 107 Splatting 108 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 320GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 2,771 Write 1,954 Mixed 2,053 501% 2,259 MB/s	4K Read 64.6 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 40 222% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 68.4 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 38.5 78% 148 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 238GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 499 Mixed 506 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 26.4 146% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 62.5 84% 156 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 686GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 97.8 Mixed 92.4 72% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 59%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 239GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 61.2 Write 57.8 Mixed 59.1 45% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.26 71% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 43%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 180GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 146 Write 159 Mixed 134 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.26 94% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 33.3 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 29.3 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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Typical GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF Builds (Compare 216 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 70%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 60%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	146x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	24x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	23x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	23x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	10x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GBHyperX $165Bench 92%, 7,179 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	6x

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Value: 38% - Below average

Total price: $1,530

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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