Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	77.2% 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	126% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '20 at 17:13
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	47.2% Average	Memory 38.3 1-Core 66.1 2-Core 149 45% 84.3 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 383 45% 347 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.2% Very good	Lighting 96.7 Reflection 109 Parallax 89.2 79% 98.2 fps	MRender 89.3 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 84.9 74% 90.9 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 467GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 414 440 523 502 510 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 672 Write 672 Mixed 758 SusWrite 479 146% 645 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 28.7 4K Mixed 19.3 59% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,562 DQ Write 744 DQ Mixed 1,420 983% 1,242 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 298%
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 223GB free Firmware: SAFC12.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 169 164 177 155 178 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 311 Write 288 Mixed 266 SusWrite 175 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 8.7 4K Write 17 4K Mixed 10.6 36% 12.1 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 201 186% 286 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 911GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 176 181 200 198 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 187 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 187 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$79 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 161 169 166 166 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 102 Write 137 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 166 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 68% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D30AETA.K16FE 2x8GB 3,148 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	46% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 17.4 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 6.7 24% 8.4 GB/s	Latency 211 19% 211 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 107%

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

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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	352x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	273x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	78x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $587

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16