Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.4% 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	299% 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	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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '19 at 19:44
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (86^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 202 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 586 58% 474 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.4% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 135 Parallax 125 103% 129 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 125 Splatting 100 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$110 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 445GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1736 1803 1417 1142 1120 1120 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 2,313 Write 1,949 Mixed 1,497 SusWrite 1,390 400% 1,787 MB/s	4K Read 55.8 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 75.8 248% 85.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,067 DQ Write 912 DQ Mixed 996 744% 991 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 443GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 458 457 459 451 289 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 451 Mixed 420 SusWrite 428 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 55 179% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 344 260% 348 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 129%
Hitachi HUA722010CLA330 1TB-$38 10,195 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 931GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 140 141 141 140 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 133 Write 133 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 140 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 76%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 298GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 105 106 106 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 102 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 105 69% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-3000 4x4GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 20.1 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,346 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $31Bench 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 $295	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