Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '24 at 21:46
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 80 1-Core 110 2-Core 208 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 583 58% 474 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.76 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 107 Parallax 96.6 81% 101 fps	MRender 90.9 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 98.9 79% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 358 359 369 368 367 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 423 Mixed 405 SusWrite 366 94% 415 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 52.8 186% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 350 263% 352 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 129%
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 111GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 397 400 407 405 408 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 391 Mixed 288 SusWrite 398 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 34.2 127% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 66.4 127% 254 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 104%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 146 144 147 145 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 148 Write 130 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 144 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 120%

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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	69	57	144	27"	1920 1200	ACI27B1 ROG PG278Q

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 - $135

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	349x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	272x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $580

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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