Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	106% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '16 at 16:43
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6300-$44 3,672 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 237 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 374 50% 372 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 360-$100 26,726 User benchmarks, average bench 18% Sapphire(174B E322) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2511.1001 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Lighting 21.8 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 29.9 18% 28 fps	MRender 24.3 Gravity 20.2 Splatting 33.7 22% 26.1 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 123GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 944 Write 292 Mixed 424 121% 554 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 8.92 79% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 3.74 80% 193 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 133%
Corsair Neutron XT 240GB-$170 1,466 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 123GB free Firmware: SAFC01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (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 100 100 742 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1061 (A2) Unknown 100 100 644 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393241 (AE) Unknown 100 100 923 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 923 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 797 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1225
Poor: 59% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6526 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3787 (B1) Unknown 96 96 85 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 50 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 738 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21218279914	106% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 415 Mixed 418 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 27.3 165% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 27.2 88% 190 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 2,080 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3066 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 36.5 113% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 44.4 SC Mixed 35 98% 34.3 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 - $135

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	348x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	271x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	135x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $599

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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