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 (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	76.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '17 at 16:36
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 234 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 694 69% 561 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHFS37A480G 480GB 1,387 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 358GB free Firmware: 60AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4316244 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20633022890056 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 25 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 32 68721573913 (C2) HDA temperature 25 32 68721573913 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4316244 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4316244 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4316244 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 118 (EA) Unknown 0 0 161 (F1) Unknown 0 0 161 (F2) Unknown 0 0 190 (F4) Unknown 100 100 131072	59.5% Above average	Read 503 Write 237 Mixed 303 76% 348 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 18.7 4K Mixed 14.6 72% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 81.4 DQ Write 78 DQ Mixed 36.5 39% 65.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 66%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10189664 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -27281632264120 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 25 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 28 68721311769 (C2) HDA temperature 25 28 68721311769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10189664 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10189664 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10189664 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 167 (EA) Unknown 0 0 216 (F1) Unknown 0 0 216 (F2) Unknown 0 0 274 (F4) Unknown 100 100 131072	76.7% Very good	Read 507 Write 220 Mixed 301 75% 343 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 13.7 129% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 94.1 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 50.5 66% 115 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 30.7 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 28.9 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 117%

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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	346x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	268x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	134x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	47x
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	75x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $599

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