Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.4% 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	95.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '17 at 22:28
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 574 76% 568 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 120 Parallax 96.7 93% 110 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 106 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron M600 256GB 1,017 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 155GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st 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 3027 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1478 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 64 (AE) Unknown 100 100 261 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1927 (B7) Unknown 100 100 858 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 58 180389806117 (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 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14875615895 (F7) Unknown 100 100 465006517 (F8) Unknown 100 100 129547981	77.4% Very good	Read 528 Write 247 Mixed 305 79% 360 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 16.6 112% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 38.8 74% 146 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 108%
Micron M600 256GB 1,017 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^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 2977 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1451 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 34 (AE) Unknown 100 100 260 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1912 (B7) Unknown 100 100 667 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 56 188979740709 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5621076888 (F7) Unknown 100 100 176009183 (F8) Unknown 100 100 145365214	95.8% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 392 Mixed 414 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 26.7 126% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 59.5 109% 218 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 120GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 112GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 86 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 49 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 68 68 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8377329	111% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 408 Mixed 487 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 31.8 172% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 93.4 141% 265 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 646GB free Firmware: JP4OA3GH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 81 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 95 (03) Spinup time 118 100 25790775616 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4781 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 100 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3530 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 36 12522331 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 505348127 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4781 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4781 (C2) HDA temperature 193 153 171799674911 (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 200 200 0	72.3% Very good	Read 127 Write 125 Mixed 131 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.42 82% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 29.3 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.7 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%

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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	640x
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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $617

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