Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	146% 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	117% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '18 at 00:13
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 287 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 794 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 3227 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Lighting 213 Reflection 214 Parallax 213 174% 214 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 201 Splatting 133 127% 158 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 200 190 196 193 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 469 Mixed 382 SusWrite 221 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 63.2 217% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 355 269% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
WD Blue SATA M.2 1TB-$77 2,710 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 40GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 305 301 296 295 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 343 Mixed 261 SusWrite 304 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 43.6 160% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 201 186% 290 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 493 Write 450 Mixed 398 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 65.4 224% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 361GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 169 167 171 169 169 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 128 Write 105 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 169 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 112%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 58GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 191 191 191 190 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 238 Write 181 Mixed 65 SusWrite 188 214% 168 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 11 4K Mixed 8.3 702% 10.5 MB/s	DQ Read 12.7 DQ Write 12.4 DQ Mixed 10.4 823% 11.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 26.8 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 29 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 102%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 - $167

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	640x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	297x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	167x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	108x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	92x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

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) $30	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