Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '16 at 21:25
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing below expectations (35^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 469 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.7% Very good	Lighting 88.4 Reflection 96.7 Parallax 81.4 72% 88.9 fps	MRender 82.3 Gravity 81.7 Splatting 85 68% 83 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 409GB free Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^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 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 52 (A3) Unknown 100 100 531 (94) Unknown 100 100 704 (95) Unknown 100 100 15 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 9 (A4) Unknown 100 100 105 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37530013597723 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1440 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1276 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1240 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2816 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	76.3% Very good	Read 491 Write 249 Mixed 266 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 23.3 103% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 46.8 86% 174 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 95%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 26871575 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -124957778491521 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2929 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 174 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 79 38659883034 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 26871575 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 26871575 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 26871575 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18986 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17089 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17089 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10139	65.8% Good	Read 478 Write 133 Mixed 199 59% 270 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 15.7 113% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 43.2 58% 106 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$154 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.9% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.8 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 21.2 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 113%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,345 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	640x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	297x
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	108x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	92x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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