Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics101% 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 Drive49% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150901
Uptime5.2 Days
Run DateAug 18 '17 at 04:04
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU 28%
Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
82.9% Excellent
Memory 87.4
1-Core 125
2-Core 235
84% 149 Pts
4-Core 423
8-Core 635
66% 529 Pts
64-Core 663
41% 663 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 82.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 144
Parallax 123
106% 133 fps
MRender 109
Gravity 126
Splatting 102
91% 112 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
49% Average
Read 415
Write 112
Mixed 153
49% 227 MB/s
4K Read 20.2
4K Write 64.2
4K Mixed 9.9
77% 31.4 MB/s
DQ Read 71.5
DQ Write 83.7
DQ Mixed 18
30% 57.7 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 49%
Great: 73%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40
910GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
75% Very good
Read 129
Write 132
Mixed 129
98% 130 MB/s
4K Read 0.95
4K Write 2.51
4K Mixed 0.19
108% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 75%
Great: 85%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67
783GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
67.2% Good
Read 118
Write 116
Mixed 107
86% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.66
4K Write 2.29
4K Mixed 0.16
87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 67.2%
Great: 86%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (28th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
69.6% Good
MC Read 24.7
MC Write 26.4
MC Mixed 21.7
69% 24.3 GB/s
SC Read 16.9
SC Write 27.2
SC Mixed 22.8
64% 22.3 GB/s
Latency 70.1
57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 69.6%
Great: 101%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,346 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $631
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