Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	217% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '21 at 00:08
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 82.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 233 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 454 60% 451 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 114 Parallax 100 83% 106 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 87.8 76% 94 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 17,082 User benchmarks, average bench 256% 268GB free (System drive) Firmware: P4CR324 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 910 1335 1112 467 470 471 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,514 Write 1,402 Mixed 1,097 SusWrite 794 269% 1,202 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 66.9 224% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 890 DQ Write 816 DQ Mixed 998 709% 901 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 332%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 121GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 338 342 356 356 355 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 448 Write 348 Mixed 244 SusWrite 329 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 13.5 111% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 88.2 109% 188 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 86%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 202GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 338 343 356 357 357 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 433 Write 344 Mixed 250 SusWrite 330 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 14.1 110% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 90.6 115% 200 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 86%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 824GB free Firmware: JA0OA590 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 102 105 101 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 98 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 102 61% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB 7,412 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.8 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.3 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 90%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 953 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	349x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	272x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $585

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16