Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 50% 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 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.8% 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	168% 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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '17 at 23:13
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 599 8-Core 607 80% 603 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.9% 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: 1551 MHz, MLim: 1770 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Lighting 70.3 Reflection 74.5 Parallax 64.7 57% 69.8 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 58.1 53% 65.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.8% 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% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TP Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6533 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1543 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 647 (64) Unknown 100 100 5537664 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 118 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 42 (B2) Unknown 100 100 64 (B4) Unknown 100 100 19022 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 42 100 300648955946 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 6533 (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 2873 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 6533 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3995 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3722 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5048 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 19530	168% Outstanding	Read 1,263 Write 969 Mixed 920 233% 1,051 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 18.2 143% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 480 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 17.4 112% 264 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 181%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 141GB free Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^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 4245 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1480 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 28 (A3) Unknown 100 100 323 (94) Unknown 100 100 84753 (95) Unknown 100 100 1218 (96) Unknown 100 100 1057 (97) Unknown 100 100 1194 (A4) Unknown 100 100 22863 (A5) Unknown 100 100 76 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 178 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43057687298079 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 96198 (F2) Unknown 100 100 172947 (F5) Unknown 100 100 135034 (F6) Unknown 100 100 169506 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	79% Very good	Read 495 Write 264 Mixed 274 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 25.1 109% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 44.4 84% 170 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 91%
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 34GB free Firmware: CXM02D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18816 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1592 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 90 90 354 (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 97 97 11254729462 (F2) Unknown 57 57 12976646441	72.6% Very good	Read 484 Write 258 Mixed 363 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 19.7 97% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 97.7 DQ Mixed 76.8 88% 157 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 233GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 67602391 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4095 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 194280003 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 37113 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1495 (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 69 63 538902559 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 68719476767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 26 67602391 (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 -21092584349414 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3352009452 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2775037158	66.5% Good	Read 122 Write 110 Mixed 93.7 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.66 135% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 68%
WD WD1600HLFS-60G6U2 160GB 3,337 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 149GB free Firmware: 04.04V04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 191 3408 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 995 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 33630 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 897 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 222 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 995 (C2) HDA temperature 116 108 31 (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 30948 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8531683593 (F2) Unknown 200 200 5132297666	64.5% Good	Read 111 Write 114 Mixed 104 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.52 140% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.5% 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 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 28.3 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.5% 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