Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	40.8% 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	144% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '17 at 04:03
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 87.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 95% 175 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 574 75% 566 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.8% Average	Lighting 47.5 Reflection 62 Parallax 46.4 39% 52 fps	MRender 60 Gravity 56.8 Splatting 49.7 45% 55.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 480GB-$300 1,985 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6044 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1403 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 493 (64) Unknown 100 100 5316736 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 112 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 40 (B2) Unknown 100 100 64 (B4) Unknown 100 100 19022 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 300648955938 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 6044 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 2504 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 6044 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3410 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3175 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4605 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 18441	144% Outstanding	Read 1,154 Write 971 Mixed 918 226% 1,014 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 15.1 110% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 14.8 53% 108 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 181%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 153GB free Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4107 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1321 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 28 (A3) Unknown 100 100 323 (94) Unknown 100 100 79754 (95) Unknown 100 100 1152 (96) Unknown 100 100 1029 (97) Unknown 100 100 1123 (A4) Unknown 100 100 21734 (A5) Unknown 100 100 76 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 174 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38642393546779 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 89223 (F2) Unknown 100 100 168401 (F5) Unknown 100 100 128366 (F6) Unknown 100 100 159508 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	62.8% Good	Read 456 Write 245 Mixed 264 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 20.4 87% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 15.7 29% 54.7 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 91%
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 81GB free Firmware: CXM02D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18684 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1435 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 90 90 345 (B2) Unknown 95 95 88 (B3) Unknown 95 95 176 (B4) Unknown 95 95 3856 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 34 (E8) Unknown 95 95 1928 (F1) Unknown 111 111 10659911889 (F2) Unknown 64 64 12691618901	63.9% Good	Read 472 Write 185 Mixed 370 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 16.7 86% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 99.8 DQ Mixed 73.7 84% 149 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 105GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76836830 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3741 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 194053126 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 37026 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1337 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 63 437714970 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 68719476762 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 26 76836830 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -80015240683730 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3210011732 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2580847289	60.5% Good	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 96 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.24 77% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 68%
WD WD1600HLFS-60G6U2 160GB 3,337 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 101GB free Firmware: 04.04V04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 191 3400 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 758 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33503 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 739 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 216 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 758 (C2) HDA temperature 123 108 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 58 58 30854 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8467890714 (F2) Unknown 200 200 5087463453	58.7% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 106 Mixed 95.7 75% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.53 137% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	16.4% Very poor	MC Read 4.3 MC Write 4.4 MC Mixed 4.6 13% 4.43 GB/s	SC Read 4 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 5 13% 4.6 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 89%

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Desktop 87%

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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	349x
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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $574

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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16