Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	68.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '18 at 13:21
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 265 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 773 73% 605 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6188) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 154 Parallax 132 113% 141 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 138 Splatting 113 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 124 172 173 176 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 490 Write 160 Mixed 166 SusWrite 159 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 12.7 112% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 74.5 80% 132 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 71%
Fujitsu MHZ2160BJ G2 160GB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 35GB free Firmware: 891A SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 62 62 62 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 57.2 Write 54.5 Mixed 39 SusWrite 61.8 39% 53.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 40%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1GB free Firmware: 07.04C07 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,243 Write 45.3 Mixed 80 1,519% 2,123 MB/s	4K Read 695 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 2.4 29,233% 233 MB/s
Poor: 28% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$61 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 152 172 171 172 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 119 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 168 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 17,029 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.3 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 18.6 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 108%

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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	642x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	298x
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	109x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	93x
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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $610

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16