Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	135% 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	194% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 06:55
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	CYP-User
Background CPU	40%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 233 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 702 68% 557 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2809 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 211 Parallax 204 156% 202 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 185 Splatting 133 122% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,980 Write 719 Mixed 1,015 271% 1,238 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 44.4 221% 87 MB/s	DQ Read 51.7 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 174 120% 142 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 243%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 201GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 168 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1590 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2299 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1513 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 444 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2328 (C2) HDA temperature 117 105 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.4% Good	Read 117 Write 114 Mixed 114 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.27 96% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 31.4 102% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 43.5 SC Mixed 27.3 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 107%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	643x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	300x
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 $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $619

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16