Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	114% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '18 at 01:48
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 141 2-Core 269 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 766 77% 624 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 3227 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.16 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 196 Reflection 209 Parallax 212 160% 206 fps	Gravity 199 Splatting 132 142% 166 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 202 200 202 200 201 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 456 Mixed 382 SusWrite 226 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 60.5 207% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
WD Blue SATA M.2 1TB-$77 2,710 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 166GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 386 309 303 299 299 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 438 Mixed 342 SusWrite 341 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 49.2 173% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 245 204% 296 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 49GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 434 477 469 469 412 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 458 Mixed 377 SusWrite 452 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 63.1 214% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 236GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 109 111 110 112 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 132 Write 107 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 110 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 25.5 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 27.7 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 102%

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Gaming 69%

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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	641x
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	108x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16