Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '18 at 08:00
Run Duration	262 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 242 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 698 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 202 Parallax 193 146% 191 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 176 Splatting 129 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 586GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2257 2160 1124 1133 1126 1128 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	315% Outstanding	Read 2,460 Write 2,256 Mixed 1,700 SusWrite 1,488 443% 1,976 MB/s	4K Read 61 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 80.4 268% 92.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,002 DQ Write 891 DQ Mixed 941 707% 945 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 315% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 87 77 83 103 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 164 Write 154 Mixed 81 SusWrite 88.3 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 420GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 120 121 121 119 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 126 Write 90.5 Mixed 74 SusWrite 120 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 113%
Seagate ST9320421AS 320GB-$90 999 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 105GB free Firmware: SD14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 66 65 65 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 45.2 Write 46.2 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 65.3 35% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSA.16FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSA.16FARG 859B BLS8G4D240FSA.16FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSA.16FARG 32GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 25.9 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 25.9 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns

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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	352x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	273x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $587

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16