Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	45.5% 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	61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (21%). 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	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '20 at 02:15
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing way below expectations (9^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 1.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	42.1% Average	Memory 60.5 1-Core 26.7 2-Core 65.5 34% 50.9 Pts	4-Core 129 8-Core 262 23% 195 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.5% Average	Lighting 24.9 Reflection 59.1 Parallax 131 20% 71.6 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 134 Splatting 107 95% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 122 103 105 97 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 443 Write 401 Mixed 367 SusWrite 134 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 23.2 80% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 250 185% 242 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 124%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 893GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 321 356 361 359 375 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 437 Write 392 Mixed 249 SusWrite 350 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 24.9 84% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 243 192% 269 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 496GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 94 100 101 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 163 Write 165 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 98.8 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX3200C16D4/8GX KHX2133C14/8G KHX3200C16D4/8GX KHX2133C14/8G 32GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.6 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 8.8 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 99%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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