Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.1% 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	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '18 at 22:29
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing as expected (42^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 365 49% 366 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.1% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 121 Parallax 109 98% 116 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 113 Splatting 91.7 82% 101 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 68 57 53 59 54 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 458 Write 341 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 84 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 33.8 122% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 109 130% 227 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 179 182 181 182 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 150 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 182 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 3GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.2 5.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 20.8 Write 10 Mixed 9.8 SusWrite 5.9 14% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 2.1 141% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB 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	57.3% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.3 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 95%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 953 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 - $135

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	349x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	272x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $585

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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