Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	87.4% 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	32.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '21 at 16:47
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Memory 79.3 1-Core 79 2-Core 78.1 53% 78.8 Pts	4-Core 84 8-Core 74 11% 79 Pts	64-Core 105 6% 105 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Sapphire(1DA2 E411) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 21.8.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 125 Parallax 162 92% 133 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 113 Splatting 83.1 78% 97.5 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Mushkin ECO2 SMI 512GB-$80 1,273 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 50 51 51 29 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 459 Write 50.4 Mixed 88.4 SusWrite 42.3 34% 160 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 3.2 43% 10 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 97%
Sandisk SC032G 32GB 542 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 15GB free Firmware: 3.1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 21 21 21 15 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Read 386 Write 16.5 Mixed 30.6 SusWrite 18.3 24% 113 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 6.2 41% 10.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 41%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 16GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 27 28 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 53 Write 12.7 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 24.2 22% 29.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 90% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 43%
Seagate BUP Ultra Touch 2TB 1,839 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 874GB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 67 66 66 17 18 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Read 49.2 Write 68.3 Mixed 65 SusWrite 49.7 43% 58 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.5 156% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 70%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 778GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 169 165 176 87 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 137 Write 165 Mixed 86.9 SusWrite 135 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.8 279% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 92%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 5TB 1,106 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 12GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 173 174 177 95 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 99.4 Write 64.2 Mixed 33.4 SusWrite 143 62% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.6 178% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 90%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 332GB free Firmware: 0711 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 155 95 90 84 84 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 158 Write 110 Mixed 73.9 SusWrite 107 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB 5,673 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 18.1 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 14.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 100%

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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 $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