Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


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 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	152% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '21 at 19:53
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 663 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 136 Parallax 124 105% 129 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 132 Splatting 114 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte GP-GSM2NE3128GNTD 128GB 2,263 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: EDFM00.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 575 453 259 193 106 77 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1299 Write 586 Mixed 711 SusWrite 277 158% 718 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 62.6 212% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 453 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 268 232% 347 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 184%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 29GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 56 57 57 57 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 50.5 Write 57.9 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 56.9 37% 50.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3750640AS P 750GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 159GB free Firmware: H SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 57 62 63 62 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 73 Write 57.6 Mixed 44.6 SusWrite 61.2 44% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 43%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 55GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 90 90 91 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 129 Write 107 Mixed 109 SusWrite 89.7 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 208% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500514NS 500GB-$19 1,968 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 32GB free Firmware: SN11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 66 67 66 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 110 Write 102 Mixed 56 SusWrite 65.8 61% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 186% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 75%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 153GB free Firmware: 3M SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 90 91 92 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 93.9 Write 91.2 Mixed 34.4 SusWrite 90.5 56% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 62%
Asmedia ASM1153E 2TB 157 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 41 Write 40.2 Mixed 31.4 SusWrite 41.3 28% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 184% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 111%
SDHC Card 32GB 13,791 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 30GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.7 19 19 19 17 19 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 8.7 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 17 20% 17.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.8 77% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KD48GU880-32A160U 2x8GB 2,876 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 23.3 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 22.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 113%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	639x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	297x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	167x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	108x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	92x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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