Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	100% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	15.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 x 65536 colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	20.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '19 at 17:36
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 212 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 488 53% 418 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 500GB 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 359GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 184 163 165 162 165 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 377 Mixed 392 SusWrite 215 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 49.3 166% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 55.4 125% 260 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 135%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 844GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 106 111 99 94 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 115 Write 93.8 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 102 71% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 100%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 723GB free Firmware: 82.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 81 69 101 102 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 107 Write 57 Mixed 62 SusWrite 87.9 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 99%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 909GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 102 102 102 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 106 Write 100 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 102 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB 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	67.9% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.2 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 21.1 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 106%

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Workstation 58%

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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