Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 16:49
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 224 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 650 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 152 Parallax 142 121% 148 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 143 Splatting 111 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4501 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1487 (B1) Unknown 99 99 41 (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 49 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23900200099	111% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 424 Mixed 482 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 45.5 162% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 163 167% 271 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 153106384 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 240 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4097518 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 994 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 240 (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 71 62 487850013 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23281 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 77309411357 (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 -90331752168729 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3131612689 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2134100942	105% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 171 Mixed 167 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.23 83% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 366GB free Firmware: CV26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 234967792 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1486 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44461362 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4366 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1486 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 487915549 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1486 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 60129542173 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	71.6% Very good	Read 131 Write 118 Mixed 130 96% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.17 77% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.4% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 11.9 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.3 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 85%

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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 $40Bench 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