Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	209% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 15 '19 at 01:18
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 210 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 535 59% 464 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 22B6) 2GB CLim: 1165 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.5.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Lighting 47.3 Reflection 2.35 Parallax 53.8 38% 34.5 fps	MRender 47.4 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 35.5 33% 40.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 317GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 369 398 411 408 403 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 2,080 Write 1,770 Mixed 160 SusWrite 414 244% 1,106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 75.4 175% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 987 DQ Write 905 DQ Mixed 926 700% 940 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 340%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 148GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 920 917 921 926 921 920 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,916 Write 922 Mixed 700 SusWrite 921 247% 1,115 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 54.7 214% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,049 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 372 356% 580 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 243%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 41 44 46 46 45 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 44% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 616 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.9 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 114%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 - $167

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	639x
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 $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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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