Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 52%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170306
Uptime18.7 Days
Run DateSep 13 '17 at 23:26
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (67th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
77% Very good
Memory 89.1
1-Core 115
2-Core 233
82% 146 Pts
4-Core 370
8-Core 407
51% 389 Pts
64-Core 467
29% 467 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 77%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340
CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
60.9% Good
Lighting 77.7
Reflection 64.7
Parallax 89.1
63% 77.2 fps
MRender 59.3
Gravity 62.1
Splatting 79.2
56% 66.9 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 60.9%
Great: 57%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250
133GB free
Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
155% Outstanding
Read 1,691
Write 908
Mixed 1,111
273% 1,237 MB/s
4K Read 24.4
4K Write 57.3
4K Mixed 21.5
95% 34.4 MB/s
DQ Read 30.6
DQ Write 102
DQ Mixed 17.6
28% 50 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 155%
Great: 243%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31
520GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
97.1% Outstanding
Read 171
Write 168
Mixed 153
123% 164 MB/s
4K Read 0.52
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.29
94% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 97.1%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8GBF2X04JEEEXX-12-K 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
77.6% Very good
MC Read 28.3
MC Write 29.8
MC Mixed 25.4
80% 27.8 GB/s
SC Read 15.8
SC Write 28.1
SC Mixed 22
63% 22 GB/s
Latency 68.3
58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 77.6%
Great: 88%

 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 1,350 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: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $611
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