Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.7% 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 Drive	165% 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '17 at 22:11
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 481 71% 518 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 117 Parallax 110 87% 111 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 103 82% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 384GB 1,400 User benchmarks, average bench 130% 229GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,225 Write 874 Mixed 1,111 238% 1,070 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 258 4K Mixed 16.1 191% 98.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 16.2 65% 134 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 184%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 485GB free Firmware: CV26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90629432 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2189 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8398649 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1820 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1728 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BC) Unknown 100 1 104 (BD) vendor-specific 2 2 98 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 572522530 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1528 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2218 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 64424509474 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	93.9% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 152 Mixed 152 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 28.4 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 28.8 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	650x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	306x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	111x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $48Bench 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: 76% - Very good

Total price: $739

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $28	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