Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.1% 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	99.3% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	14.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160714
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '16 at 18:22
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing way above expectations (98^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 778 82% 656 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 127 Parallax 106 92% 116 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 105 Splatting 109 89% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
BP5 240GB 514 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 640 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 844 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 316 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262183 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 801 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 873	99.3% Outstanding	Read 530 Write 454 Mixed 479 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 14.4 128% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 65.4 119% 234 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 97%
BP5 120GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 105GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 249 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 20	102% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 475 Mixed 487 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 14.4 131% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 64.9 124% 247 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 28.2 102% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 30.9 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 48.5 82% 48.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 102%

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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	644x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	302x
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	110x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	93x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	82x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $622

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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