Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	183% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '23 at 08:39
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 220 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 598 63% 502 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 527.37 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.6% Above average	Lighting 62.7 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 61.6 51% 64.3 fps	MRender 67.9 Gravity 62.3 Splatting 54.1 50% 61.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SNVS500G 500GB 34,043 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8542105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1285 1283 1293 149 1152 427 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 1328 Write 1,552 Mixed 1,073 SusWrite 931 275% 1,221 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 26.7 146% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 704 DQ Write 640 DQ Mixed 518 431% 621 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 244%
Mtfddak800mbb-1ae1za 00AJ391 00AJ394LEN 800GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 218GB free Firmware: MC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 347 340 332 346 327 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 361 Write 375 Mixed 323 SusWrite 341 79% 350 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 33.2 116% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 187 167% 248 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 96%
Qnap iSCSI Storage 54GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 50GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 78 80 85 84 83 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.7% Poor	Read 70.8 Write 74.6 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 72.7 17% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 9.8 4K Write 8.9 4K Mixed 9 31% 9.23 MB/s	DQ Read 96.4 DQ Write 74.1 DQ Mixed 80.3 61% 83.6 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 25%
Seagate ST2000NM0011 59Y5484 59Y1810IBM 2TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1.5TB free Firmware: BB47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 145 145 143 145 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 136 Write 135 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 144 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 81%
Seagate ST2000NM0011 59Y5484 59Y1810IBM 2TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1.5TB free Firmware: BB47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 84 85 85 85 86 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 82 Write 79.7 Mixed 57.4 SusWrite 85.3 56% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 81%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$55 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 990GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 85 83 84 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 82.2 Write 62.7 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 83.1 56% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KF2666C16D4/16GX 2x16GB 824 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 23.8 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 24.8 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 93%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	647x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	303x
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	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $81Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	94x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	83x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 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: 76% - Very good

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	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