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 way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	168% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 05:25
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 149 2-Core 295 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 581 78% 584 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1585 MHz, MLim: 1789 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 70.2 Reflection 74.7 Parallax 66.1 57% 70.3 fps	Gravity 63.7 Splatting 60.2 55% 62 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 480GB-$300 1,985 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TP Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 902 933 976 950 966 757 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1,046 Write 880 Mixed 518 SusWrite 914 188% 839 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 47.3 181% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 108 142% 256 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 181%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 42GB free Firmware: MU01.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 123 56 56 56 56 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 477 Write 444 Mixed 379 SusWrite 85 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 45.9 165% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 241 201% 289 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 91%
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 68GB free Firmware: CXM02D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 303 294 301 305 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 453 Write 238 Mixed 274 SusWrite 299 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 24.3 110% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 157 127% 186 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 73%
Toshiba MK2556GSY 250GB 1,386 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 233GB free Firmware: LH003C SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 103 104 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 99 Write 90.5 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 103 59% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 28.2 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 23.7 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 89%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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