Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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.

High background CPU (29%). 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	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150723
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '20 at 06:56
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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-$132 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 (89^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 79 1-Core 108 2-Core 219 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 401 55% 408 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.2% 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 (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 145 Parallax 84.2 121% 126 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 126 Splatting 102 106% 133 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 410 Write 432 Mixed 372 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 43.8 162% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 351 264% 355 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 289GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 81 80 80 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 63.5 Write 21.7 Mixed 21 SusWrite 81.4 34% 46.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 231GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 117 117 117 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 109 Write 90 Mixed 65 SusWrite 116 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 70%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 80GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 94 95 95 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 133 Write 130 Mixed 85 SusWrite 94.8 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 217% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 65.6% 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 as expected (43^rd percentile)	70.3% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 23.5 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 20 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 82.5 48% 82.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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 $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 $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 $40	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