Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '16 at 09:03
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 457 61% 455 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 119 Parallax 114 91% 115 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 101 Splatting 85 76% 94.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 41 100 128851771433 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3025 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 43 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3025 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1894 (F9) Unknown 100 100 175	83.8% Excellent	Read 500 Write 244 Mixed 333 79% 359 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 26.2 131% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 71 96% 174 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 95%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 182 182 5875 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 15 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 118 (C2) HDA temperature 111 110 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	84% Excellent	Read 146 Write 147 Mixed 139 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.24 104% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 96%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500GB 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 7GB free, PID 5021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 36.1 Write 32.5 Mixed 10.9 31% 26.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.27 44% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.2% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.5 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.8 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 89%

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,345 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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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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