Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 114% UFO


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	79.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '18 at 13:32
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 817 87% 692 Pts	64-Core 814 50% 814 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 200 Parallax 203 156% 198 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 185 Splatting 124 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2086 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 402 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 237 (AD) Unknown 100 100 917544 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 84 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3281	79.3% Very good	Read 518 Write 286 Mixed 294 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 13.1 107% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 59.1 93% 181 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 95%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free Firmware: 0707 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	Read 41.2 Write 40.6 Mixed 33.9 29% 38.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 4.46 4K Mixed 0.24 150% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 54GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 765 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3276 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 538 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7217 (C2) HDA temperature 106 99 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.2% Above average	Read 105 Write 97.7 Mixed 104 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.33 110% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-3000 1319 CL16-16-16 D4-2400 1319 CL16-16-16 D4-3000 1319 CL16-16-16 D4-2400 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 25.6 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 27.2 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 84%

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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 $31Bench 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