Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	26.8% 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	165% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '17 at 03:16
Run Duration	299 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 600 80% 598 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1671 MHz, MLim: 1832 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.8% Poor	Lighting 16.3 Reflection 72.3 Parallax 70.8 13% 53.1 fps	MRender 75.9 Gravity 65.2 Splatting 57.4 53% 66.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 480GB-$300 1,985 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TP Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 9500 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2114 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 802 (64) Unknown 100 100 5726336 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 124 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 43 (B2) Unknown 100 100 64 (B4) Unknown 100 100 19022 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 41 100 300648955945 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 9500 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 5131 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 9500 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4840 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4512 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6131 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 23192	165% Outstanding	Read 1,128 Write 977 Mixed 889 222% 998 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 20 150% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 464 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 17.7 115% 269 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 181%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 140GB free Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4926 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1638 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 28 (A3) Unknown 100 100 323 (94) Unknown 100 100 89198 (95) Unknown 100 100 1291 (96) Unknown 100 100 1112 (97) Unknown 100 100 1256 (A4) Unknown 100 100 23280 (A5) Unknown 100 100 76 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 182 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43057687298079 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 102097 (F2) Unknown 100 100 185513 (F5) Unknown 100 100 137497 (F6) Unknown 100 100 178396 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	81% Excellent	Read 498 Write 259 Mixed 273 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 25.6 116% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 26.3 76% 165 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 91%
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 34GB free Firmware: CXM02D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19496 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1749 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 90 90 358 (B2) Unknown 95 95 88 (B3) Unknown 95 95 176 (B4) Unknown 95 95 3856 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 34 (E8) Unknown 95 95 1928 (F1) Unknown 81 81 11936473171 (F2) Unknown 42 42 13658392665	73.5% Very good	Read 484 Write 216 Mixed 364 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 20.6 108% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 75.6 88% 158 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 157GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 97888603 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4360 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 194886643 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 37707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1627 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 488374301 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 26 97888603 (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 31108448167105 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1901170639 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1882927407	70% Good	Read 120 Write 124 Mixed 118 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.65 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 68%
WD WD1600HLFS-60G6U2 160GB 3,337 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 144GB free Firmware: 04.04V04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 190 3425 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1424 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 34226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1325 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 525 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1424 (C2) HDA temperature 119 108 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 57 57 31545 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8627575597 (F2) Unknown 200 200 5183660588	64.4% Good	Read 110 Write 114 Mixed 98.3 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.59 157% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 28.3 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 27.6 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 89%

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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	271x
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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $599

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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