Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	42.9 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '20 at 14:12
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 82 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 456 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 97 Parallax 98.3 87% 101 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 79.5 75% 93.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 114GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 388 380 149 149 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 475 Mixed 403 SusWrite 244 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 42.2 159% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 306 224% 290 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 138 129 105 100 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 119 Write 132 Mixed 71.4 SusWrite 120 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 113%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 71GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 120 120 118 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 81.8 Write 160 Mixed 29.1 SusWrite 119 70% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.2 393% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 991GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 170 171 170 169 170 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 123 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 168 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-3200 04CD F4-2400C15-16GVR 8313 CL16-16-16 D4-3200 04CD F4-2400C15-16GVR 48GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.4% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25.1 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 23.3 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns

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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	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