Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '19 at 12:42
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 140 2-Core 260 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 774 77% 625 Pts	64-Core 767 48% 767 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 121 Parallax 103 94% 113 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 107 Splatting 108 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,578 Write 2,088 Mixed 1,536 458% 2,067 MB/s	4K Read 69.7 4K Write 198 4K Mixed 99.7 338% 122 MB/s	DQ Read 1,368 DQ Write 1,217 DQ Mixed 1267 957% 1,284 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 16GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 458 Write 480 Mixed 354 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 60 208% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 230 209% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 56GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 115 109 156 112 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 120 Write 108 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 127 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 100%
Samsung FIT USB 3.0 32GB-$27 3,642 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 13GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 31 25 32 32 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 51.2 Write 8.2 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 29.7 36% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 1.1 56% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 32 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 42.9 SC Mixed 31 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 - $135

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	349x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	272x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $585

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