Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	111% 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

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 01:27
Run Duration	83 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 244 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 706 69% 567 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 612 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 149 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 62 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1559453478	111% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 449 Mixed 470 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 39.1 157% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 141 164% 284 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 119%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 160 6958 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 147 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 609 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 139 (10) Unknown 0 200 4647961830 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 128 (C2) HDA temperature 121 109 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	95.1% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 152 Mixed 145 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.14 4K Mixed 0.23 112% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 25.9 84% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26.8 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 98%

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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	349x
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	136x
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 $45Bench 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 $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