Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	165% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '17 at 23:10
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 597 80% 598 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 480GB-$300 1,985 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TP Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6483 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1531 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 633 (64) Unknown 100 100 5526272 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 118 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 42 (B2) Unknown 100 100 64 (B4) Unknown 100 100 19022 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 46 100 300648955950 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 6483 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 3624 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 6483 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3889 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3621 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4978 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 19480	165% Outstanding	Read 1,218 Write 948 Mixed 933 230% 1,033 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 18.9 145% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 472 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 17.6 114% 268 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 181%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 141GB free Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^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 4234 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1466 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 28 (A3) Unknown 100 100 323 (94) Unknown 100 100 84109 (95) Unknown 100 100 1207 (96) Unknown 100 100 1057 (97) Unknown 100 100 1185 (A4) Unknown 100 100 22843 (A5) Unknown 100 100 76 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 178 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 41953880703007 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 95325 (F2) Unknown 100 100 171380 (F5) Unknown 100 100 134916 (F6) Unknown 100 100 168218 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	77.1% Very good	Read 494 Write 258 Mixed 271 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 25.1 103% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 44.4 84% 171 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 91%
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 34GB free Firmware: CXM02D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18805 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1578 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 90 90 354 (B2) Unknown 95 95 88 (B3) Unknown 95 95 176 (B4) Unknown 95 95 3856 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 34 (E8) Unknown 95 95 1928 (F1) Unknown 98 98 11215901180 (F2) Unknown 58 58 12935903369	72.7% Very good	Read 484 Write 250 Mixed 377 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 19.8 98% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 74.8 88% 157 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 233GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 55973646 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4067 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 194252234 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 37104 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1481 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 63 521601055 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 68719476767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 26 55973646 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 132199093412078 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3337986487 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2766948273	64% Good	Read 119 Write 104 Mixed 101 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.54 123% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 68%
WD WD1600HLFS-60G6U2 160GB 3,337 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 149GB free Firmware: 04.04V04 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 191 3391 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 978 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 33618 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 883 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 222 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 978 (C2) HDA temperature 116 108 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 58 58 30940 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8516510053 (F2) Unknown 200 200 5125591090	64.9% Good	Read 112 Write 114 Mixed 110 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.52 124% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 28.5 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 89%

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Desktop 87%

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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	346x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	268x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	134x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	47x
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	75x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $599

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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