Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.8% 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	230% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '17 at 15:08
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 (98^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 256 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 710 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 105 92% 111 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 223GB free Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 11317 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 120 (A9) Unknown 100 100 438 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 39 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 38 163210002462 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 286 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10462 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5314 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3652 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.6% Excellent	Read 505 Write 481 Mixed 490 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 12.9 116% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 74.6 DQ Mixed 14.9 21% 37.9 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 114%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 223GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 35 100 35 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 69 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 13 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 20 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 223338299426 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 867 (F1) Unknown 253 253 759 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2275	79.9% Very good	Read 481 Write 358 Mixed 417 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 3.89 101% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 3.88 72% 169 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 86%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 2,536 Write 1,146 Mixed 1,383 371% 1,688 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 22.7 188% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 44.5 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 23.6 42% 78 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 236%

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 (81^st percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 98%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 - $167

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	639x
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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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