Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	140% 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	64.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). 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-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '17 at 19:39
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th 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-$130 342,244 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 (95^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 71.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 88% 166 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 561 76% 564 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3605) ≥ 4GB; 1080 Ti Sea Hawks CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2927 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 214 Parallax 189 163% 201 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 193 Splatting 135 125% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 341GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 392 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 117 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12886343692 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 49 210454773792 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 21474836485 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 105 (EA) Unknown 100 100 158 (F1) Unknown 253 253 143 (F2) Unknown 253 253 795 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	90.2% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 331 Mixed 339 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 20.9 129% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 46.3 98% 204 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7143 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1871 (B1) Unknown 85 85 171 (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 62 48 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 458 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32057773095	64.9% Good	Read 510 Write 134 Mixed 161 58% 268 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 10.4 117% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 30.8 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 9.87 28% 56 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 73%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 170 7408 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 947 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2139 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 543 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6911 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82.7% Excellent	Read 153 Write 135 Mixed 128 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.19 89% 1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 101%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 866GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 127 4025 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3984 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7712 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1697 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2031 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 66942 (C2) HDA temperature 109 91 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.3% Excellent	Read 149 Write 134 Mixed 125 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.2 106% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 32.1 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 41.2 SC Mixed 29.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 98.5 41% 98.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 97%

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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	352x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	273x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	80x

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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $587

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16