Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '20 at 01:10
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 136 2-Core 269 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 479 63% 472 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53% Above average	Lighting 65.5 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 63.2 53% 66.3 fps	MRender 74.4 Gravity 64.6 Splatting 55.7 52% 64.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 129 111 58 16 26 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 412 Write 349 Mixed 210 SusWrite 78.5 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 32.6 132% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 244 185% 253 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 101%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 20GB free Firmware: 1111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,630 Write 1,580 Mixed 942 308% 1,384 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 89.3 271% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 835 DQ Write 1,928 DQ Mixed 1,079 909% 1,281 MB/s
Poor: 168% Great: 297%
Hitachi HMS5C4040ALE640 4TB 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 114GB free Firmware: MPAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 69 69 70 70 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 59.8 Write 62.8 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 69.9 39% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 366GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 86 85 84 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 55.5 Write 96.3 Mixed 56 SusWrite 85.8 54% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 51% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 90%
Samsung Flash Drive 64GB 8,748 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 42GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 36 36 35 36 36 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 249 Write 32 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 35.2 86% 90 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 21.7 4K Mixed 5.2 967% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 26.5 DQ Mixed 5.9 1,188% 18.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.4 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 24 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 79%

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

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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	346x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	268x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	134x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	47x
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	75x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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