Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.6% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	14.3 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	Feb 06 '17 at 13:12
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 544 73% 543 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.5% 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: 2202 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Lighting 83.6 Reflection 84.4 Parallax 73.1 68% 80.4 fps	MRender 79.8 Gravity 78 Splatting 79.8 65% 79.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 13196 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 833 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 66 (AE) Unknown 100 100 221 (B5) Unknown 100 100 4561266148224 (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	55.6% Above average	Read 476 Write 186 Mixed 273 68% 312 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 4.58 82% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 24.6 DQ Write 88 DQ Mixed 4.7 19% 39.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 72%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 51GB free Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	56% Above average	Read 167 Write 184 Mixed 766 85% 372 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 24.1 111% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 19.6 40% 76.3 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 157%
Seagate Expansion Desk 500GB 143 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 371GB free Firmware: 0711 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 75.7 Write 76.8 Mixed 70.4 56% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.32 105% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 71%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 126GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 132 128 6400 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4938 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32168 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 960 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 315 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 22 22 536220 (C2) HDA temperature 115 100 32 (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	54.1% Above average	Read 85.9 Write 103 Mixed 94.8 71% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.19 83% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 59%

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 (91^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 30.1 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 28 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 - $135

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	354x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	275x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	138x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	32x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $590

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16