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 as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	59.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	56.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	15 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '17 at 01:39
Run Duration	84 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i69 9999X U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	83.3% Excellent	Memory 85.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 632 67% 534 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 100 44 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (A6) Unknown 100 100 78 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 129 (A9) Unknown 100 100 30 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 110 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 219043332130 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9063 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3450 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2298	59.6% Above average	Read 454 Write 202 Mixed 282 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 3.49 77% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 3.73 52% 122 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 78%
Seagate ST6000VN0001-1SF17Z 6TB 204 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4.5TB free Firmware: AN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 63 243700808 (03) Spinup time 93 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2198 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 82378321 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7064 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 50 756285485 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18031 (C2) HDA temperature 45 50 68719476781 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 2 243700808 (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 -100008313483002 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27343618732 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25837463010	118% Outstanding	Read 228 Write 183 Mixed 154 141% 188 MB/s	4K Read 1.36 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 0.41 155% 1.54 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x16GB 330 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	69.2% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 21.2 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 110%

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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 $179	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