Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74% 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '17 at 02:45
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 686 71% 569 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 201 Parallax 193 148% 192 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 176 Splatting 122 115% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 233GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,684 Write 1,179 Mixed 1,425 387% 1,763 MB/s	4K Read 58.9 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 41.2 214% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 477 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 195 196% 320 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 236%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 180GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (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 1317 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 243 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 59 176094576665 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7099076379 (F7) Unknown 100 100 222236497 (F8) Unknown 100 100 67221924 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1945 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	88% Excellent	Read 484 Write 342 Mixed 341 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 25.4 119% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 45.2 96% 198 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 99%
Patriot Blast 480GB 1,476 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6286 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 185 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 351 (AD) Unknown 100 100 589839 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5256	74% Very good	Read 517 Write 353 Mixed 349 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 9.88 104% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 34.6 DQ Write 83.5 DQ Mixed 9.78 22% 42.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 21 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 22 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 80%

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

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	349x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	273x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16