Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	114% 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	138% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '24 at 20:10
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 245 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 397 50% 377 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6650-XT 4,246 User benchmarks, average bench 110% ASRock(1849 5236) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 24.1.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 142 Parallax 238 100% 168 fps	MRender 230 Gravity 128 Splatting 197 152% 185 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 116%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$74 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1027 1109 272 271 254 277 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 1,179 Write 1,367 Mixed 1,287 SusWrite 535 246% 1,092 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 45.8 152% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 236 176% 239 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 295%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 276GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 319 335 381 371 374 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 346 Write 390 Mixed 272 SusWrite 350 77% 339 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 31.1 98% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 168 132% 179 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 107%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 210GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1121 820 802 789 787 771 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,738 Write 1378 Mixed 1,208 SusWrite 848 289% 1,293 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 48.1 155% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 224 174% 245 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 372%
Hitachi HDS723030BLE640 3TB 852 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OAAB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 165 168 168 167 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 141 Write 144 Mixed 36.6 SusWrite 166 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.9 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 20.3 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 111%

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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	55	27	144	27"	1280 720	GSM5B7F LG ULTRAGEAR

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	643x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	301x
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 $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 $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: $622

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16