Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160115
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '16 at 04:27
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 565 74% 558 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 166 Parallax 152 126% 158 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 148 Splatting 116 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 104GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 1646 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 463 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196613 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 68 64 154620198944 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 840 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 816 (F2) Unknown 100 100 421 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3 (F5) Unknown 100 100 5 (F6) Unknown 100 100 218688	94.4% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 502 Mixed 506 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 13.1 122% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 32 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 13.7 63% 131 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 111%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8085 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1122 (B1) Unknown 97 97 27 (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 59 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 7 (EB) Unknown 99 99 232 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27316578162	94.1% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 347 Mixed 356 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 23.2 138% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 23.1 86% 193 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 126%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: GGB8 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 133007158 (03) Spinup time 100 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 123 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1508539 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 117 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 54 706215977 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 130 (C2) HDA temperature 41 46 98784247849 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 26 133007158 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	68.1% Good	Read 117 Write 120 Mixed 105 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.48 115% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 120GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84122672 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3483 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 257599557 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17435 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2444 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BC) Unknown 100 99 13 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 64 59 639041572 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 389 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 40 40 121429 (C2) HDA temperature 36 41 77309411364 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -89803471178856 (F1) Unknown 100 253 91814597307136 (F2) Unknown 100 253 108279509326080	90% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 159 Mixed 115 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.3 102% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 28.1 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 26.9 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 69%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	92x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $617

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