Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 ATX Motherboard Review

By Steven Kean

POV-RAY and Cinebench R15

POV-RAY

The Persistence of Vision Ray-Tracer (POV-RAY) is a high-quality tool used for creating three dimensional graphics. It includes an automated benchmark which allows for results to be compared across multiple systems without worrying about settings. The test shows that is maximizes the CPU across all four cores, utilizing all eight of the logical processors. It doesn’t utilize the memory or disk I/O for it’s rendering, purely the CPU.
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The Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 received 1903.22PPS at stock speeds, which is average for this processor.

Cinebench R15

Maxon Cinebench R15 is a great benchmark for 3D content creators as it is based on the award winning animation software, CINEMA 4D which is used in many blockbuster movies.

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Cinebench R15, received an OpenGL score of 154.86FPS, while the CPU received 8882 and 177 for single core. The overall CPU score is slightly lower than we were expecting. In previous tests, the same CPU received around 920 – 930 for the CPU score.