Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2048 x 1152 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151016
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '18 at 01:40
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 215 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 415 53% 399 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 8C92) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.4% Poor	Lighting 32.3 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 29.4 26% 31.4 fps	MRender 36.7 Gravity 30 Splatting 31 26% 32.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 28%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD WD1003FZEX-00K3C 1TB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 645GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 134 137 136 149 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 161 Write 160 Mixed 106 SusWrite 138 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB-$65 2,716 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 25.5 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 81%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	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