Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	110% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '17 at 17:10
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 700 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14699 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 764 (B1) Unknown 96 96 70 (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 66 53 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 151 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22642636141	110% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 402 Mixed 419 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 45.8 171% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 113 129% 224 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Seagate ST2000NC000-1CX164 2TB 437 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 108GB free Firmware: CE02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 116232008 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3662 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 8603265369 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27248 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1228 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 71 48 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 390 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3711 (C2) HDA temperature 29 52 47244640285 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 118	55.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 91.4 Mixed 111 77% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.15 65% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 109%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 56GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 78 78 7390 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 6672 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 50753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2192 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 55 370540566 (C2) HDA temperature 78 53 370540566 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 256239 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 39 42855 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	49.6% Average	Read 79 Write 93.8 Mixed 83.7 64% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.24 66% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 24.9 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 27.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 107%

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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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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 $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) $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