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 (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	32.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 17:34
Run Duration	315 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 241 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 467 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6278) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 132GB free Firmware: UF3000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (A5) Unknown 100 100 28 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 262 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 47 201863462957 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 34361049096 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 99 (EA) Unknown 100 100 212 (F1) Unknown 100 100 104 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	60.1% Good	Read 504 Write 350 Mixed 343 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 30.6 4K Mixed 5.51 49% 17.8 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 90 DQ Mixed 6.82 32% 72 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 56%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 19GB free Firmware: MU04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^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 8471 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1017 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 81 81 576 (AE) Unknown 100 100 893 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2581 (B7) Unknown 100 100 365 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 38 266288889906 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 81 81 19 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 51719789311 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1786537690 (F8) Unknown 100 100 414055137	76.4% Very good	Read 505 Write 338 Mixed 295 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 20.6 100% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 35.6 55% 97.9 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 113%
Kingdian S200 60GB 737 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0707F1 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4578 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 181 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 23719 (A5) Unknown 100 100 44 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 11472 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 144 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 51 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2137847 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 451 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 63817 (F2) Unknown 100 100 52374 (F5) Unknown 100 100 23901	32.5% Below average	Read 304 Write 68.9 Mixed 191 41% 188 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 3.51 45% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 64.6 DQ Write 95.1 DQ Mixed 3.76 24% 54.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 69%
USB Flash Disk 2GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 2093 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	4.67% Terrible	Read 13.3 Write 6.03 Mixed 7.73 10% 9.01 MB/s	4K Read 5.83 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 23% 1.95 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.67% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.M8FADM 2x4GB 369 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 25.6 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 24.2 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 90%

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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 $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 $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