Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	272% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '17 at 14:57
Run Duration	100 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 784 78% 633 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3978) CLim: 1663 MHz, MLim: 1977 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 80.3 Parallax 79.8 65% 80 fps	MRender 84.5 Gravity 73 Splatting 67.8 61% 75.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 1,826 Write 1,442 Mixed 1,472 352% 1,580 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 62.3 251% 99.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,158 DQ Write 395 DQ Mixed 242 319% 598 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 283%
Lio-org Stripe0 898GB 325GB free Firmware: 4.0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 859B BLS16G4D240FSC.16FBD 32GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 26.1 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 26.5 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 98%

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

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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	349x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	272x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	77x
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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $585

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 $45	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