Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '17 at 06:42
Run Duration	500 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 540 72% 539 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Lighting 84.4 Reflection 84.2 Parallax 73 69% 80.5 fps	MRender 81 Gravity 78.3 Splatting 79.6 65% 79.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13115 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 798 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 64 (AE) Unknown 100 100 209 (B5) Unknown 100 100 4277797454666 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 91 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	57.8% Above average	Read 481 Write 187 Mixed 272 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 4.49 89% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 99.6 DQ Mixed 7.49 22% 44.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 72%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 19GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 177 Write 178 Mixed 787 87% 380 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 22.1 149% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 22.3 38% 69.5 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 157%
Seagate Expansion Desk 500GB 143 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 393GB free Firmware: 0711 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 76.7 Write 75.5 Mixed 77.4 58% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.35 105% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 71%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 175GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 131 128 6408 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4834 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 32086 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 925 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 303 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 22 22 535570 (C2) HDA temperature 118 100 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46% Average	Read 80 Write 80 Mixed 68.3 57% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.14 62% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 59%
Kobo eReader 1GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 4163 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	2.4% Terrible	Read 10 Write 3.26 Mixed 7.36 8% 6.88 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.97 36% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.4% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$30 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 30.4 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 43.3 SC Mixed 31.1 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

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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 $79Bench 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