Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.8% 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	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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

High background CPU (27%). 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	58 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '16 at 19:55
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 695 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 121 Parallax 102 98% 115 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 333 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 291 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 49 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2030790377	113% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 402 Mixed 414 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 47.4 178% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 22.8 98% 221 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 16GB 1,179 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 14GB free, PID 00d2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 138 Write 44.8 Mixed 12.8 61% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 63% 5.65 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-16GVK 0420 F4-3200C16-16GVKA 0420 F4-3200C16-16GVKA 0420 F4-3200C16-16GVK 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 31.8 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 31 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 100%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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