Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '20 at 03:55
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 82.5 2-Core 210 70% 125 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 374 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3791) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.8% Very good	Lighting 98.5 Reflection 94.2 Parallax 38.2 80% 77 fps	MRender 8.57 Gravity 118 Splatting 96.3 64% 74.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 110%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.95% Terrible	Lighting 5.97 Reflection 8.73 Parallax 6.53 5% 7.08 fps	MRender 9.95 Gravity 5.73 Splatting 12.7 8% 9.47 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.95% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TB 39,874 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 584GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 301 322 315 314 318 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 414 Write 322 Mixed 268 SusWrite 303 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 13.8 4K Mixed 18.3 83% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 178 169% 269 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 115%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 63GB free Firmware: LF1i SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 157 167 168 173 168 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 290 Write 216 Mixed 230 SusWrite 164 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 29.9 119% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 220 172% 240 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 88%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 7GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 458 Write 391 Mixed 358 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 42.9 143% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 339 251% 333 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 606GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 96 97 96 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 83.2 Write 91.5 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 95.8 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2133 CL15 4GB 4x4GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.2% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 23.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 20 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 104%

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Desktop 87%

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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	348x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	271x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	135x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $599

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