Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	118% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	228% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	57.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '20 at 12:12
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	62%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	52.3% Above average	Memory 75.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 114 65% 102 Pts	4-Core 159 8-Core 284 27% 222 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 3FEB) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 149 Parallax 157 126% 154 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 136 Splatting 109 113% 143 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1350 1147 234 221 192 197 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,029 Write 1,435 Mixed 830 SusWrite 557 269% 1,213 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 63.6 248% 95.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,268 DQ Write 402 DQ Mixed 455 435% 708 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 283%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$199 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1TB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 305 310 362 385 362 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 316 Write 324 Mixed 217 SusWrite 326 67% 296 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 49.5 151% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 357 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 122%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$63 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 166GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 70 70 70 70 71 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 76.2 Write 72 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 69.8 48% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 57%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 191GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 102 101 102 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 98 Write 93.8 Mixed 55 SusWrite 101 64% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 101%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 359GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 95 94 94 95 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 82.8 Write 81.7 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 93.9 59% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x16GB 599 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	65.7% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.9 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 8.6 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 89.2 45% 89.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 117%

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

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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	643x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	301x
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	110x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	93x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $619

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16