Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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	280% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '16 at 05:37
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 271 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 764 78% 633 Pts	64-Core 767 48% 767 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 159 Parallax 136 119% 147 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 137 Splatting 117 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$330 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 260GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,170 Write 1,284 Mixed 1,289 349% 1,581 MB/s	4K Read 52.3 4K Write 232 4K Mixed 61.6 281% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 971 DQ Write 393 DQ Mixed 235 292% 533 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 283%
Seagate ST5000NM0024-1HT170 5TB 196 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4TB free Firmware: SN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 158769540 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 748 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 76697345 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 741 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 56 639369254 (BF) G-sense error rate 98 98 4730 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38712 (C2) HDA temperature 38 44 85899345958 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 41 158769540 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	99.7% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 166 Mixed 96.1 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.32 125% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 121%
Seagate ST4000LM016-1N2170 4TB 2,075 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0003 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 127 100 1344361752 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 365 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6604330 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 106506599008252 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 359 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 505020445 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3191 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 81604378653 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 55989193672462 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5482355707 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10366814956	50.5% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 84.7 Mixed 16.2 46% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 5.22 4K Mixed 0.62 190% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 66%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$270 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 185 100 9708 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 437 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4799 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 435 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 220 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 216 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	121% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 238 Mixed 98.1 128% 174 MB/s	4K Read 3.23 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.25 212% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 118%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 370GB free Firmware: 2BC10006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 87 84 4179 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 916 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14580 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 723 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 56 188979806240 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 4 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 231870	57.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 94.5 Mixed 33.2 57% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.27 78% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 70%
Seagate BACKUP+ 1TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 691GB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 95 Write 102 Mixed 76 116% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.18 85% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 4,021 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 30.1 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 29.7 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 136%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	649x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	305x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	110x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	95x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	83x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 74% - Very good

Total price: $757

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16