Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.3% 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	89.6% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '20 at 23:47
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 809 82% 665 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 111 Parallax 106 89% 109 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 100 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 206 149 146 139 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 473 Write 394 Mixed 355 SusWrite 190 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 42.9 154% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 303 214% 270 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 95%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 270GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 90 89 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 142 Write 134 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 88.9 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 112GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 173 174 174 174 175 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 110 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 174 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 113%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 145GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 119 120 121 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 81.8 Write 76 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 120 62% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 28.1 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 38.3 SC Mixed 28.3 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 88%

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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 $179	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