Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	58.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	183% 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	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.

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

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '19 at 13:56
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	EUR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 224 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 396 52% 392 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Asus(1043 04E9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Lighting 72 Reflection 62.6 Parallax 88.8 59% 74.5 fps	MRender 63 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 81.3 58% 69.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 57%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6323 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.89% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 7.09 6% 8.27 fps	MRender 10 Gravity 6.37 Splatting 14.1 9% 10.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.89% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 524 495 511 470 486 496 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 1,705 Write 843 Mixed 570 SusWrite 497 199% 904 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 46.8 178% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,076 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 367 349% 571 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 243%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 96GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 325 323 328 327 327 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 414 Write 324 Mixed 227 SusWrite 322 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 13 96% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 85.2 108% 188 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 86%
Samsung HD103UJ 480GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 250GB free Firmware: SAFM01.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 414 417 417 415 419 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	97.7% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 410 Mixed 327 SusWrite 408 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 36.4 133% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 201 183% 280 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 98%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 174GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 58 58 58 58 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 76.5 Write 76.8 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 60.6 47% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG 1315 BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 1315 BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG 1315 BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 26.7 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 84%

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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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	273x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $574

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16