Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.6% 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	101% 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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150723
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '20 at 05:14
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$139 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 428 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8701) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.6% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 38 Parallax 30.9 123% 73.2 fps	MRender 47.2 Gravity 32.9 Splatting 43 34% 41 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 130 124 129 125 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 390 Write 361 Mixed 331 SusWrite 158 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 56.1 193% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 290GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 97 98 100 97 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 81.5 Write 20.3 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 97.9 43% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 231GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 104 106 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 100 Write 110 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 104 69% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 70%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 81GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 93 95 95 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 136 Write 136 Mixed 66 SusWrite 94.8 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 25.2 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 86%

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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	642x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	299x
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	109x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	93x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $611

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16