Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.9% 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	203% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	47.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 14:10
Run Duration	332 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 220 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 638 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.9% Below average	Lighting 45.4 Reflection 43.3 Parallax 38.8 37% 42.5 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 34.9 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Synology iSCSI Storage 30TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 12TB free Firmware: 4.0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.3% Below average	Read 112 Write 111 Mixed 115 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 13.9 4K Mixed 16.5 52% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 68.1 62% 93.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 31%
Synology iSCSI Storage 21.5TB 3.5TB free Firmware: 4.0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32.2% Below average	Read 112 Write 111 Mixed 114 25% 112 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 13.8 4K Mixed 16.7 52% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 40.6 48% 82.4 MB/s

Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 112GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 52194 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 354 (B1) Unknown 66 66 1229 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 103 (F1) Unknown 99 99 583262549781	81.6% Excellent	Read 506 Write 368 Mixed 434 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 23.8 100% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 95.4 DQ Mixed 74.8 86% 154 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 86%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,604 Write 919 Mixed 1,264 280% 1,262 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 53.5 212% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 516 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 181 198% 337 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 83GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23646 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 150 (B1) Unknown 96 96 85 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 56 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 7 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 71566128933	112% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 413 Mixed 420 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 48.7 174% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 116 132% 227 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1.5TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 143 143 30089609583 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 30 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8594 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (C0) Power-off retract count 84 84 19805 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 19805 (C2) HDA temperature 122 122 270584315953 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	85.1% Excellent	Read 145 Write 152 Mixed 149 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.77 165% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1.5TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 143 143 30089544046 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 30 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8594 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (C0) Power-off retract count 84 84 19352 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 19352 (C2) HDA temperature 122 122 266289348657 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	78.8% Very good	Read 161 Write 113 Mixed 130 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.71 158% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 152 152 51570016810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1873 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 36719 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 158 (C0) Power-off retract count 69 69 37836 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 37836 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 219044708397 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	82.4% Excellent	Read 161 Write 126 Mixed 135 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.23 99% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 91%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 152 152 51570082346 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7783 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 35775 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (C0) Power-off retract count 73 73 33257 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 33257 (C2) HDA temperature 130 130 223339675694 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	88.1% Excellent	Read 150 Write 157 Mixed 137 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.22 110% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSB.16FBR 4x16GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.3% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 26.5 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 20.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 87%

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Desktop 87%

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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 $90Bench 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 $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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $614

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	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