Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	138% 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.
Boot Drive	219% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	55.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	325.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '24 at 11:26
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 as expected (57^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 610 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	138% Outstanding	Lighting 208 Reflection 115 Parallax 129 169% 150 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 96 Splatting 117 106% 133 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 874 618 617 600 600 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 2,158 Write 2031 Mixed 1,488 SusWrite 652 354% 1,582 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 62.3 200% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 812 DQ Write 536 DQ Mixed 739 534% 696 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 6GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 451 Write 213 Mixed 320 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 39.3 156% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 335 248% 330 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 116GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 376 459 464 470 468 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 74.6 Write 48.8 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 382 33% 145 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 5.8 40% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 88.6 DQ Mixed 160 127% 184 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 206 207 205 206 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 164 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 205 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FAD 4x16GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27.6 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 34.9 SC Mixed 26.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 125%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	30	23.8"	1280 720	DELA0C0 DELL P2415Q

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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	652x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	306x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	111x
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	33x

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 $174	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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