Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	136% 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.

High background CPU (21%). 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '18 at 18:00
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 752 72% 592 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Lighting 87.5 Reflection 85.5 Parallax 75.2 71% 82.7 fps	MRender 78.8 Gravity 76.2 Splatting 67.4 60% 74.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 358 257 378 415 373 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 1,166 Write 521 Mixed 586 SusWrite 374 146% 662 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 35.9 166% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 626 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 224 207% 333 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 51GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 149 150 150 150 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 482 Write 464 Mixed 343 SusWrite 181 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 39.7 151% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 99.7 DQ Mixed 142 113% 162 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 115%
Seagate ST1000VX001-1HH162 1TB 3,381 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 440GB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 78 87 86 71 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	29.5% Poor	Read 21 Write 64.2 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 81.6 37% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 376GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 138 139 140 140 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 135 Write 140 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 139 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR2 4x4GB 362 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 135%

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

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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 $109Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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