Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	56.8% 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	119% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161104
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 21:30
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 89.7 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 99% 183 Pts	4-Core 606 8-Core 606 81% 606 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Lighting 70.3 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 60.4 57% 67 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 67.3 Splatting 67.1 56% 68.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 73 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 29 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 57 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 534350501	119% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 404 Mixed 420 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 53.1 192% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 135 155% 269 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Adata XPG SX930 120GB-$229 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 111GB free Firmware: 5.9SE Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1713 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 518 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 74 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1376266 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 193 193 4301389847 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1003 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 287 (C2) HDA temperature 65 65 150325952547 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 12161718784 (EA) Unknown 100 100 25143123264 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4773388599 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6299319600	104% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 419 Mixed 465 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 28.9 150% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 40.5 105% 221 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24.8 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 80%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 - $135

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	354x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	275x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	138x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	32x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $629

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16