Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.5% 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	215% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '18 at 01:46
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 (84^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 127 2-Core 240 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 696 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2435) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 134 Parallax 128 102% 129 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 123 Splatting 104 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 897 819 672 469 415 401 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,920 Write 923 Mixed 667 SusWrite 612 227% 1,031 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 55 230% 90.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,081 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 364 356% 588 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 243%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 664GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 146 146 143 149 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 141 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 146 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 675GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 96 95 96 98 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 149 Write 138 Mixed 93.2 SusWrite 96.7 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 108%
Seagate BUP BL 4TB 4,922 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 94 96 96 90 94 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 68.5 Write 99.3 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 93.4 63% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 0.4 228% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 67%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 308GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 93 82 89 90 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 75 Write 131 Mixed 52 SusWrite 90.8 64% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 166% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 112%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 2TB 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 109 113 114 112 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 118 Write 98.8 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 112 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1 219% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 24.9 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 103%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 - $135

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	348x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	271x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	135x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $599

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