Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics81.5% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160310
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMay 17 '17 at 08:27
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 35%
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 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$113
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
82.4% Excellent
Memory 91.7
1-Core 140
2-Core 270
93% 167 Pts
4-Core 407
8-Core 508
59% 457 Pts
64-Core 540
34% 540 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 82.4%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
81.5% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 111
Parallax 105
83% 106 fps
MRender 96.6
Gravity 94.1
Splatting 99
79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate SkyHawk 1TB (2016)-$63
105GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CV11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
65.6% Good
Read 126
Write 103
Mixed 96.1
81% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.47
4K Write 1.19
4K Mixed 0.12
55% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 65.6%
Great: 98%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
85.1% Excellent
MC Read 29.4
MC Write 35.5
MC Mixed 26.3
87% 30.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 32.2
SC Mixed 25.4
72% 25.1 GB/s
Latency 64.6
62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 85.1%
Great: 95%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,361 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 - $167

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $757
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