Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	150% 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	107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '21 at 00:10
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 as expected (49^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 228 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 583 60% 484 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$600 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% EVGA(3842 3797) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	150% Outstanding	Lighting 215 Reflection 188 Parallax 182 175% 195 fps	MRender 248 Gravity 157 Splatting 123 138% 176 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 143 101 54 59 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 742 Write 575 Mixed 348 SusWrite 122 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 45 145% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 649 DQ Write 469 DQ Mixed 451 366% 523 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 155%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 24GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 51 48 54 47 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 390 Write 257 Mixed 279 SusWrite 76.7 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 24.4 94% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 170 158% 246 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 91%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 363 Write 139 Mixed 164 48% 222 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 23.6 99% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 117 102% 152 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 48GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 317 401 385 417 408 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 329 Write 372 Mixed 274 SusWrite 376 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 25.6 103% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 257 214% 306 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 336GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 118 120 121 121 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 114 Write 86.5 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 118 73% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Backup+ Desktop 4TB 834 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 291GB free Firmware: 1404 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 42 43 42 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 40 Write 33.5 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 41.1 27% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 101%
Hitachi HDS723030ALA640 3TB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 671GB free, PID ce17 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	20% Very poor	Read 40.2 Write 40.2 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 41.3 53% 39 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 82% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB-$74 9,729 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24.4 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 22.3 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 38: 3R 5G 8B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
38%	23%	70	263	200	100	32"	3440 1440	ICB3500 DP

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	640x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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