Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '17 at 19:40
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 710 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 83.4 Reflection 58.7 Parallax 107 68% 83 fps	MRender 58.1 Gravity 78.5 Splatting 74.4 58% 70.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 317GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6863 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2155 (A5) Unknown 100 100 163277570946 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 29 (A9) Unknown 100 100 577 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 857 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 63 270584315931 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2439577731640 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8192 (EA) Unknown 100 100 18399 (F1) Unknown 253 253 15649 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9727 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	62.3% Good	Read 495 Write 282 Mixed 265 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 10.2 82% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 32.4 DQ Write 51.5 DQ Mixed 11 17% 31.6 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 108%
Adata S102 Pro USB 3.0 16GB-$22 1,656 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 11GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	24.1% Poor	Read 103 Write 24.6 Mixed 28.2 51% 52 MB/s	4K Read 5.43 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.69 72% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-3200 2x8GB 795 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 27 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 40.4 SC Mixed 30.6 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 109%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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	272x
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 $94Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $585

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