Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.1% 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	171% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '17 at 00:46
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th 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, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 247 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 696 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 113 Parallax 16.7 81% 76.3 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 92.5 Splatting 98.7 79% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 88%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 20.19.15.4364 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	4.02% Terrible	Lighting 7.47 Reflection 11 Parallax 7.25 6% 8.56 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.02% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 365GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4840 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 612 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 173 173 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 134 (C2) HDA temperature 73 64 154619674651 (F1) Unknown 100 100 134775	76.7% Very good	Read 500 Write 343 Mixed 348 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 9.65 81% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 46.2 99% 205 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 101%
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$70 2,931 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,753 Write 402 Mixed 609 199% 921 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 62 182% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 519 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 183 195% 330 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 242%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$99 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 805GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 78283076 (03) Spinup time 90 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3540 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 57 8603477357 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7493 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2117 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 17180262414 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 571998239 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 362 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4041 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 64424509471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 6 78283076 (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 -77476915047737 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3477356888 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2891965944	46.3% Average	Read 79.2 Write 81.9 Mixed 78.1 60% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.59 112% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2800 C16 Series 2x16GB 410 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 27.1 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 27.7 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 94%

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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	349x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	272x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
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	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $585

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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