Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.9% 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	105% 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	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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '22 at 22:27
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 85.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 441 60% 445 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 112 Parallax 104 84% 106 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 101 Splatting 98 81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 400 277 211 195 204 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 416 Mixed 349 SusWrite 263 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 55.2 179% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 359 265% 350 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$70 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 141GB free Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 791 153 104 99 104 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1429 Write 1,394 Mixed 1008 SusWrite 226 226% 1,014 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 73.6 240% 85 MB/s	DQ Read 631 DQ Write 476 DQ Mixed 468 373% 525 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 255%
Seagate Expansion Desk 10TB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 167 165 172 171 171 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 20% Great: 107%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB 3,958 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 55GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 16 13 13 14 14 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 149 Write 16.6 Mixed 9.7 SusWrite 14.1 41% 47.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 3.2 219% 3.87 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 8502 3000 C16 Series Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24.4 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 77%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	649x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	305x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	168x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	110x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	109x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	95x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	83x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $757

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16