Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '18 at 17:06
Run Duration	304 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 778 79% 639 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 200 Parallax 173 140% 182 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 168 Splatting 124 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 350 353 357 358 335 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 424 Mixed 373 SusWrite 351 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 52.2 189% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 360 264% 348 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 651GB free Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 354 356 359 361 366 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 428 Mixed 416 SusWrite 358 94% 415 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 64.4 206% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 363 274% 367 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 230GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 354 356 359 361 367 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 429 Mixed 389 SusWrite 359 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 58.2 210% 77.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
HP S700 Pro 512GB-$79 1,249 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 271GB free Firmware: Q0308A_H SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 348 349 351 354 359 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 414 Mixed 382 SusWrite 352 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 51.6 176% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 100 138% 251 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 120%
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 456GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 299 292 279 276 277 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 340 Write 272 Mixed 257 SusWrite 288 65% 289 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 46.5 167% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 224 174% 239 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 592GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 157 158 157 158 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 137 Mixed 85.6 SusWrite 157 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 109%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 931GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 103 108 102 102 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 147 Write 146 Mixed 62 SusWrite 104 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 97%
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 8TB 824 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 5.5TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 221 224 223 221 222 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 150 Mixed 98 SusWrite 222 123% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 1.2 330% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 176 174 175 175 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 125 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 174 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C14-8GVR 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 04CD F4-3200C14-8GVR 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 32GB 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 29.9 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 30.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns

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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 $40Bench 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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16