Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.3% 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	139% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	8.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '20 at 20:57
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 81.8 1-Core 145 2-Core 293 93% 173 Pts	4-Core 565 8-Core 459 71% 512 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6678) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 135 Parallax 127 106% 131 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 123 Splatting 100 87% 106 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$80 9,612 User benchmarks, average bench 153% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 275 273 275 276 272 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 1,295 Write 266 Mixed 403 SusWrite 273 122% 559 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 47.6 183% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 262 211% 299 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 241%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 160GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 401 465 426 405 361 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 412 Mixed 396 SusWrite 394 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 60.8 195% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 129%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 82GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 373 431 418 405 410 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 410 Write 380 Mixed 300 SusWrite 390 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 42.2 147% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 155 167% 279 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 466GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 118 117 116 116 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 110 Write 106 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 116 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 04CD F4-2400C15-8GVR 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 04CD F4-2400C15-8GVR 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.6 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 21.8 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 76%

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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	351x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	273x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $582

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16