Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.66% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	61.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '17 at 08:21
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 215 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 356 45% 343 Pts	64-Core 316 20% 316 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	8.66% Terrible	Lighting 4.97 Reflection 22.2 Parallax 20.9 4% 16 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 25.5 Splatting 26.1 18% 20.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 8.66% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX930 120GB-$229 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.9SE Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^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 8583 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 309 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 83 (A9) Unknown 100 100 786435 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 186 186 8603631695 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1012 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C2) HDA temperature 66 66 146030329890 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 42350406400 (EA) Unknown 100 100 49540774272 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10153415892 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9077357388	61.9% Good	Read 469 Write 160 Mixed 237 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 17.5 103% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 20.3 30% 53.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 205GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 175 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 324 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8536 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 305 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 297 (C2) HDA temperature 105 97 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76.4% Very good	Read 138 Write 128 Mixed 131 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.21 97% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 21,822 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.6% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 22.4 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 19.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 83%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	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