Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.2% 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	101% 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	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 (80%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150723
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '18 at 15:07
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	80%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 240 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 668 65% 536 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2104 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 117 Parallax 102 92% 111 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 221 217 202 201 197 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 388 Mixed 259 SusWrite 215 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 45 174% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 132 153% 266 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 362GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 432 480 478 488 490 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 462 Mixed 417 SusWrite 470 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 66.6 232% 83.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 292GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 234 256 278 284 282 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 485 Mixed 382 SusWrite 297 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 41.7 156% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 198 189% 295 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 866GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 95 99 102 98 97 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 116 Write 24.5 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 98.5 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D4-2400-MR 2x8GB 3,744 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 21.7 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 85%

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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	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 $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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $617

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