Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics92.9% 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 Drive198% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory17.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170630
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateFeb 04 '18 at 08:57
Run Duration115 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU 31%

 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
79.2% Very good
Memory 83.6
1-Core 124
2-Core 237
83% 148 Pts
4-Core 403
8-Core 611
63% 507 Pts
64-Core 642
40% 642 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.2%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
92.9% Outstanding
Lighting 120
Reflection 132
Parallax 113
97% 121 fps
MRender 92.5
Gravity 114
Splatting 102
84% 103 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 92.9%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
344GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57XA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
198% Outstanding
Read 1,909
Write 806
Mixed 1,177
285% 1,297 MB/s
4K Read 37.2
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 54.2
184% 67.2 MB/s
DQ Read 440
DQ Write 234
DQ Mixed 159
166% 278 MB/s
Poor: 90%
This bench: 198%
Great: 235%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
639GB free
Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
84% Excellent
Read 156
Write 137
Mixed 138
108% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.25
4K Write 1.08
4K Mixed 0.21
54% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 84%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA82GU7MFR8N-TF 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
66.1% Good
MC Read 22.2
MC Write 25.5
MC Mixed 20.9
65% 22.9 GB/s
SC Read 16.5
SC Write 27.8
SC Mixed 21.7
63% 22 GB/s
Latency 74.1
54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 66.1%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,345 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 - $167

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $631
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