Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.4% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151016
Uptime	16.3 Days
Run Date	May 03 '17 at 19:20
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 (95^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 78 1-Core 138 2-Core 277 89% 165 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 535 71% 532 Pts	64-Core 529 33% 529 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 114 Parallax 92.2 91% 106 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 99 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 318GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1237 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 304 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5832770 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 51 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1368 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 37 158914904091 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 77310328850 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1099 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1362 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1268 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2055 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.9% Very good	Read 450 Write 237 Mixed 214 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 15.4 113% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 34.2 90% 194 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 107%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$120 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4259 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1943 (B1) Unknown 96 96 44 (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 67 57 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 36 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13254357790	93.4% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 347 Mixed 336 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 22.6 137% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 58.4 105% 211 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 176GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 67 9326 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4868 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8353 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3693 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 201864118301 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 10 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4895	61.5% Good	Read 105 Write 109 Mixed 77.1 72% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.43 120% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.6% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 84.4 47% 84.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 87%

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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 $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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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