Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	157% 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.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	59.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '23 at 19:58
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 as expected (57^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 580 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro GV100 125 User benchmarks, average bench 142% HP(103C 121A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1912 MHz, MLim: 425 MHz, Ram: 32GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Lighting 221 Reflection 197 Parallax 279 180% 232 fps	MRender 211 Gravity 230 Splatting 141 153% 194 fps
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 157%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SKC380S3240G 240GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 277 Write 180 Mixed 165 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 30.5 117% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 142 110% 148 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 75%
Samsung MZNLN256HMHQ-000H1 256GB 5,596 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 32GB free Firmware: MAV21H3Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 492 Write 484 Mixed 423 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 53.7 181% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 115%
WD WD2002FFSX-68PF8N0 2TB 932 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 1TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 176 176 175 176 175 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 197 Mixed 90.4 SusWrite 176 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 4x16GB 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 33.4 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 28.8 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 130%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	643x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	300x
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	110x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	93x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $619

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16