Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.3% 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	82.5% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '20 at 04:07
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 774 80% 645 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2108 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 124 Parallax 105 88% 112 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 104 Splatting 107 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 124 154 177 157 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 365 Write 260 Mixed 257 SusWrite 151 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 49.4 155% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 194 152% 209 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 85%
SK hynix SH920 2.5 256GB 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 71GB free Firmware: 10104L00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 411 411 415 415 395 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 348 Mixed 340 SusWrite 409 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 31.7 129% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 241 205% 301 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 91%
SK hynix SH920 2.5 256GB 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 68GB free Firmware: 10104L00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 410 411 415 415 410 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 398 Mixed 348 SusWrite 412 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 31.4 127% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 241 205% 300 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 91%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 139 141 142 141 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 135 Write 135 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 141 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 31.5 106% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 46.6 SC Mixed 31.5 96% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,346 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $617

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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