Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	238% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	23.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '18 at 04:23
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 281 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 789 80% 646 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 1,883 Write 1,370 Mixed 1,125 323% 1,459 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 39.6 202% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 518 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 29.5 133% 304 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 254%
SanDisk X400 1TB-$310 2,086 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 97GB free Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6384 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2018 (A5) Unknown 100 100 171870782424 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 47 (A8) Unknown 100 100 29 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1159 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 438 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 65 279173660710 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2546935136849 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10623 (EA) Unknown 100 100 18941 (F1) Unknown 253 253 15818 (F2) Unknown 253 253 24789 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.4% Excellent	Read 498 Write 327 Mixed 310 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 19.8 113% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 11.5 74% 175 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 106%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 345GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 176 5666 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4284 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6421 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1994 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 419 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22811 (C2) HDA temperature 111 104 39 (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	52.1% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 84 Mixed 81.1 66% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.15 52% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 96%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 162GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 191187390 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3265 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 61 10568679 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -94596654690874 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1134 (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 61 47 690159655 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21473 (C2) HDA temperature 39 53 77309411367 (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 -64531883620906 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3883960628 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3635132129 (FE) Unknown 1 1 1	34.7% Below average	Read 54.7 Write 64.7 Mixed 45.4 41% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 4.87 4K Mixed 0.3 151% 1.94 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x16GB-$70 6,515 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2533 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 28 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 27.3 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.9% 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	346x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	268x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	134x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	47x
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	75x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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