Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	34% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	154% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '18 at 00:58
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 152 2-Core 303 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 593 79% 589 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1661 MHz, MLim: 1831 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34% Below average	Lighting 29.8 Reflection 72 Parallax 62.5 24% 54.8 fps	MRender 75.4 Gravity 64 Splatting 58.1 53% 65.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 480GB-$300 1,985 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 356GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TP Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 10080 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2412 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 963 (64) Unknown 100 100 5926144 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 133 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 45 (B2) Unknown 100 100 64 (B4) Unknown 100 100 19022 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 41 100 300648693801 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 10080 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 4724 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 10080 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5583 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5198 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7086 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 24673	154% Outstanding	Read 1,120 Write 982 Mixed 940 226% 1,014 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 19.7 110% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 459 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 19.9 112% 259 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 181%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 106GB free Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5225 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1807 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 28 (A3) Unknown 100 100 323 (94) Unknown 100 100 91924 (95) Unknown 100 100 1337 (96) Unknown 100 100 1153 (97) Unknown 100 100 1295 (A4) Unknown 100 100 23693 (A5) Unknown 100 100 76 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 188 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 41945290702878 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 105767 (F2) Unknown 100 100 187602 (F5) Unknown 100 100 139936 (F6) Unknown 100 100 183848 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	78.6% Very good	Read 495 Write 259 Mixed 264 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 24.8 108% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 43.3 83% 169 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 91%
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 78GB free Firmware: CXM02D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19797 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1916 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 90 90 361 (B2) Unknown 95 95 88 (B3) Unknown 95 95 176 (B4) Unknown 95 95 3856 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 34 (E8) Unknown 95 95 1928 (F1) Unknown 72 72 12349675970 (F2) Unknown 33 33 14038912014	73.5% Very good	Read 481 Write 267 Mixed 381 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 19.9 98% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 75.8 88% 159 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 28.1 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 25.6 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 89%

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

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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 $81Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $585

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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