Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	190% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '17 at 16:14
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 638 68% 544 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.2% Below average	Lighting 44.6 Reflection 42.7 Parallax 37.6 36% 41.6 fps	MRender 38.4 Gravity 38.7 Splatting 34.3 30% 37.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15747 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 68 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 108 (AE) Unknown 99 99 7 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1012 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 45 35 55 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 27768 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5486 (F2) Unknown 99 99 5762	190% Outstanding	Read 1,945 Write 925 Mixed 1,239 302% 1,370 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 27.4 165% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 43.1 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 205 148% 183 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 220%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 140905384 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2580 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13157824 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15238 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 69 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 672595996 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23832 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 81604378652 (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 -36026185669527 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5100191806 (F2) Unknown 100 253 99431151410	103% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 160 Mixed 155 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 12GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 128 Write 40.6 Mixed 45.5 74% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.13 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 1.45 154% 3.04 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 3,679 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 25.8 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 115%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	92x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

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 $46

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