Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	225% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '21 at 02:54
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 225 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 630 67% 535 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 144 Parallax 134 108% 137 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 142 Splatting 120 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 863 784 704 655 610 584 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1,996 Write 1,255 Mixed 716 SusWrite 700 258% 1,167 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 60.4 228% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,094 DQ Write 366 DQ Mixed 463 412% 641 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 283%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 149 148 149 148 151 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 150 Write 118 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 149 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 113%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 135 136 132 138 134 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 151 Write 140 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 134 170% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 95% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 100%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 121 Write 105 Mixed 74.4 SusWrite 103 134% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 0.5 240% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 59%
WD Elements 25A3 10TB 3,723 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 7TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 156 160 162 158 156 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 155 Write 166 Mixed 116 SusWrite 158 203% 149 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 1.4 266% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.4% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 20.4 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 20.4 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 102%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	6	60	27"	1280 720	SAM0D45 C27F398

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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	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