Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	91.4% 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	103% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	14.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '17 at 04:34
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 294 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 819 88% 701 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2302 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 126 Parallax 107 93% 116 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 104 Splatting 111 89% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
BP5 240GB 514 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3186 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1808 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 316 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1376306 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1582 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6721	103% Outstanding	Read 530 Write 472 Mixed 502 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 14.8 135% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 65.1 122% 242 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 97%
BP5 120GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 60GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 233 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 68	104% Outstanding	Read 530 Write 482 Mixed 502 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 14.8 137% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 64.4 123% 243 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 102%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 907GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 393222 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 133 133 12896239788 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2230 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3616 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2010 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 9965 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 9965 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 193274642466 (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 200 200 30	87.1% Excellent	Read 148 Write 156 Mixed 146 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 107%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 731GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 68207752 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 500 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43666642 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6536 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 563 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 555810849 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 275 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 46556 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 77309411361 (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 86500641346570 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16685111372 (F2) Unknown 100 253 318745799339	85.7% Excellent	Read 133 Write 165 Mixed 135 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.75 211% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 112%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 21.3 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 23.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.6% 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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $617

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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