Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.9% 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	107% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 23:11
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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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 i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 264 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 504 67% 500 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.9% Very good	Lighting 95.4 Reflection 104 Parallax 105 78% 101 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 98.5 78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 155 154 155 138 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 448 Mixed 340 SusWrite 181 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 59.9 197% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 115%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 174GB free Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 437 457 475 445 278 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 431 Mixed 422 SusWrite 421 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 56.9 182% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 363 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 126%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 995GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 189 189 191 191 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 183 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 189 108% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 27.6 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

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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%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	349x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	272x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $580

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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