Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% 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	110% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '19 at 13:43
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 218 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 667 61% 509 Pts	64-Core 655 41% 655 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 139 Parallax 132 103% 132 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 408 432 451 369 380 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 456 Mixed 430 SusWrite 409 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 43.8 159% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 290 237% 338 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 125%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 69GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 93 91 86 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 149 Write 104 Mixed 122 SusWrite 89.9 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 25.8 105% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 93.1 77% 111 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 176 172 188 177 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 116 Mixed 40 SusWrite 176 89% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 13,169 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 10 6.7 7.9 7.6 7.8 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	8.44% Terrible	Read 21.5 Write 21 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 8.5 23% 17.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.3 87% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 8.44% Great: 8%
General USB Flash Disk 16GB 194 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 7GB free, PID 800e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 5.3 4.5 4.5 4.8 4.5 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	4% Terrible	Read 13.5 Write 8.3 Mixed 7 SusWrite 4.8 10% 8.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4% Great: 5%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 7GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	6.87% Terrible	Read 23 Write 4.5 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 4.5 10% 9.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 51% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.87% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2400C15/8G KHX2133C14D4/4G 16GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.9% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 13.5 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15.2 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 68%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $617

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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