Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	82.9% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	28.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 02:11
Run Duration	373 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 251 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 461 61% 458 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PD480HAGM-000D3 480GB 160 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 441GB free Firmware: DXM02D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6151 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3136 (B1) Unknown 98 98 48 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 18304 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 41 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 80 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8477127151	103% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 474 Mixed 493 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 27.3 134% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 86.6 127% 238 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
Intel 540s Series 480GB 4,519 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSBG200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 128 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 525 (AA) Unknown 99 99 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 36 42 98787000356 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 101548 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 101548 (F2) Unknown 100 100 107794 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1051 (FC) Unknown 100 100 3	82.9% Excellent	Read 505 Write 120 Mixed 244 63% 290 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 39.2 140% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 83.3 114% 208 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 95%
WD WD10EVVS-63M5B0 1TB 1,639 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 823GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 114 109 7258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 537 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 49768 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 536 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15344 (C2) HDA temperature 114 92 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37.4% Below average	Read 101 Write 29.7 Mixed 71.3 51% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.37 85% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 58%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 110 Write 106 Mixed 68.5 118% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.17 86% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 49%
ST332082 0A 320GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 283GB free, PID 007e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 35.8 Mixed 12.1 34% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.4 60% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 18%
Generic- SD/MMC 16GB 649 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 13GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 17.7 Write 14.1 Mixed 15.3 20% 15.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.54 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 1.07 96% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 16%
USB Flash Memory 16GB 2,810 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 13GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	8.23% Terrible	Read 22.8 Write 16.4 Mixed 14.9 22% 18 MB/s	4K Read 3.64 4K Write 0.16 4K Mixed 0.15 24% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.23% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2346 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 26.5 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 23.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 115%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,345 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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