Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.9% 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	187% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 13:48
Run Duration	349 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 200 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 621 60% 495 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.9% Below average	Lighting 45.5 Reflection 43 Parallax 38.7 37% 42.4 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 34.7 30% 37.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Synology iSCSI Storage 30TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 12TB free Firmware: 4.0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.1% Poor	Read 97.8 Write 109 Mixed 104 23% 104 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 14.4 4K Mixed 13.8 46% 13.8 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 94.3 DQ Mixed 59.2 55% 85.3 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 31%
Synology iSCSI Storage 21.5TB 3.5TB free Firmware: 4.0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.9% Poor	Read 104 Write 110 Mixed 113 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 8.42 4K Write 10.7 4K Mixed 10.9 32% 10 MB/s	DQ Read 98.3 DQ Write 72 DQ Mixed 55 49% 75.1 MB/s

Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 112GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 52194 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 354 (B1) Unknown 66 66 1229 (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 67 57 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 103 (F1) Unknown 99 99 583256385040	82.5% Excellent	Read 507 Write 390 Mixed 447 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 23.7 98% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 73.6 86% 153 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 83GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23646 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 150 (B1) Unknown 96 96 85 (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 65 56 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 7 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 71557707520	112% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 412 Mixed 420 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 49 173% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 118 136% 234 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,599 Write 742 Mixed 1,150 257% 1,164 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 50 201% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 470 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 171 183% 309 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 283%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1.5TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 143 143 30089609583 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 30 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8593 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (C0) Power-off retract count 84 84 19803 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 19803 (C2) HDA temperature 122 122 270584315953 (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 200 200 0	84.9% Excellent	Read 147 Write 149 Mixed 145 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.78 164% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1.5TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 143 143 30089544046 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 30 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8593 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (C0) Power-off retract count 84 84 19350 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 19350 (C2) HDA temperature 125 125 266289348656 (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 200 200 0	85.9% Excellent	Read 155 Write 144 Mixed 131 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.75 168% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 152 152 51570016810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1873 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 36718 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 158 (C0) Power-off retract count 69 69 37836 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 37836 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 219044708395 (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 200 200 0	81.5% Excellent	Read 151 Write 133 Mixed 132 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.24 108% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 91%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 152 152 51570082346 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7783 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 35774 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (C0) Power-off retract count 73 73 33257 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 33257 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 223339675693 (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 200 200 1	92.2% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 154 Mixed 128 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.23 107% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSB.16FBR 4x16GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 26.4 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 21.1 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 87%

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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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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