Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	162% 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

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 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	Jun 07 '18 at 04:00
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 595 8-Core 594 80% 594 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.6% 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: 1674 MHz, MLim: 1911 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 76.4 Reflection 71.8 Parallax 62.1 62% 70.1 fps	Gravity 60 Splatting 53.2 50% 56.6 fps
Poor: 43% 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% 264GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TP Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 11268 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2842 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1215 (64) Unknown 100 100 6471040 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 142 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 49 (B2) Unknown 100 100 64 (B4) Unknown 100 100 19022 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 100 300648693800 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 11268 (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 5990 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 11268 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7606 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7030 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9548 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 26862	162% Outstanding	Read 1,215 Write 940 Mixed 945 230% 1,033 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 19.2 143% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 416 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 19.3 105% 242 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 181%
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 77GB free Firmware: CXM02D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20227 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2176 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 90 90 364 (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 64 64 12709305241 (F2) Unknown 26 26 14335196986	72.6% Very good	Read 483 Write 244 Mixed 377 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 20.2 100% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 77 89% 158 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 73%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 43GB free Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^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 5653 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2067 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 28 (A3) Unknown 100 100 323 (94) Unknown 100 100 97410 (95) Unknown 100 100 1399 (96) Unknown 100 100 1258 (97) Unknown 100 100 1372 (A4) Unknown 100 100 25225 (A5) Unknown 100 100 77 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 190 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40841433645084 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 112592 (F2) Unknown 100 100 195670 (F5) Unknown 100 100 148985 (F6) Unknown 100 100 194820 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	79.6% Very good	Read 494 Write 266 Mixed 273 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 25.1 111% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 43.7 83% 169 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 91%

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 (94^th percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 28.5 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.4 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 89%

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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 $40Bench 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 $40	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