Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.1% 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	80.1% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 00:35
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 706 73% 586 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.1% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 120 Parallax 94.6 92% 109 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 126 Splatting 101 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23072 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 827 (B1) Unknown 93 93 84 (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 51 49 49 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 9 (EB) Unknown 99 99 229 (F1) Unknown 99 99 62778325649	80.1% Excellent	Read 491 Write 338 Mixed 349 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 23.4 128% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 71.9 DQ Mixed 14.6 22% 38.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 118%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$64 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01K02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 137 132 12116 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 190 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19061 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (B7) Unknown 94 94 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 156 (C2) HDA temperature 102 90 50 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	72.7% Very good	Read 124 Write 129 Mixed 128 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.5 140% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 96%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 653GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8441 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6922 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25674 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 751 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6709 (C2) HDA temperature 96 86 56 (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	60.7% Good	Read 133 Write 77.8 Mixed 93.9 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.4 115% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 83%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 500GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8341 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8373 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24366 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 725 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8179 (C2) HDA temperature 105 93 47 (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	59.8% Above average	Read 133 Write 75.3 Mixed 83.1 73% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.45 127% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 83%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 207GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8608 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6871 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23237 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 742 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 196 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6674 (C2) HDA temperature 107 89 45 (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	60.6% Good	Read 128 Write 83.1 Mixed 100 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.36 116% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 83%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 179GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8466 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7465 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24374 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 761 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7257 (C2) HDA temperature 113 86 39 (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	61.6% Good	Read 108 Write 106 Mixed 91.9 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.31 96% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 83%
WDC WD30 EFRX-68EUZN0 3TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1TB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 38.5 Write 37.4 Mixed 32.6 46% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.25 84% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 23%
WDC WD30 PURX-64P6ZY0 3TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 400GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.7% Poor	Read 37.5 Write 38.7 Mixed 36.7 49% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.25 85% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-024.A00G 2x4GB 3,406 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 20.6 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 22.5 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 79%

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Gaming 69%

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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 $40	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