Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	4.6% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 9 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '19 at 07:12
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 204 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 592 58% 478 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 368E) 2GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Lighting 50 Reflection 46 Parallax 41.2 41% 45.7 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 42 Splatting 37.1 32% 39.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 6 12 2.9 5.3 5.3 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	4.6% Terrible	Read 20.2 Write 27.7 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 9.8 7% 29.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 2.5 10% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 4.6% Great: 134%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 617GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 5.8 11 2.9 5.3 5.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 71.3 Write 50.5 Mixed 15 SusWrite 5.9 26% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 283GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.2 6 12 3 5.3 5.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 55 Write 19.1 Mixed 33.7 SusWrite 6.1 21% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.2 53% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 1,450 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 225GB free, PID 231a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.9 5.8 10 2.8 5.1 5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	2.93% Terrible	Read 6.3 Write 19.7 Mixed 3.2 SusWrite 6.3 13% 8.88 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 11% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 2.93% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24.1 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 18.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 110%

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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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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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $617

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $40	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