Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	22.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '21 at 21:26
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$64 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 440 52% 404 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 117 Parallax 107 94% 113 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 106 Splatting 101 82% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 446 Write 476 Mixed 382 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 47.2 156% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 149 118% 163 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 147GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 301 301 301 301 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 338 Mixed 397 SusWrite 309 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 45.9 151% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 138 110% 156 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 10GB free Firmware: KC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 73 72 73 75 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 82.7 Write 81 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 72.1 48% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.4 168% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 88%
Seagate IronWolf 6TB (2017)-$121 553 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 216 215 216 218 215 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 12GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 113 121 123 114 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 100 Write 96.8 Mixed 63 SusWrite 120 70% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Portable 1TB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 680GB free, PID 2343 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 38 39 39 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 34 Write 36.3 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 37.9 48% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 69% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2D3200C16 0215 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 0215 CMK16GX4M2D3200C16 0215 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3100, 3100, 3100, 3100 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 31.7 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 27.3 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 105%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	652x
Core i5-6600KIntel $64Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	306x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	111x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	95x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	83x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	33x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $745

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16