Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	117% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '20 at 19:48
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (53^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 533 71% 531 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3172) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 153 Parallax 162 126% 156 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 132 Splatting 110 113% 143 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,885 Write 548 Mixed 507 212% 980 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 44.8 203% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 1,037 DQ Write 621 DQ Mixed 788 598% 815 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 14GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 164 164 167 140 96 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 484 Write 151 Mixed 180 SusWrite 149 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 23.2 93% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 58.4 DQ Mixed 95.4 91% 150 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 76%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 78GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9468 Write 6,144 Mixed 7,167 1,683% 7,593 MB/s	4K Read 765 4K Write 282 4K Mixed 389 1,806% 478 MB/s	DQ Read 2,169 DQ Write 1720 DQ Mixed 1,973 1,469% 1,954 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 41GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 75 92 85 73 76 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 119 Write 110 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 78.3 61% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 27,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.1% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.5 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 18.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 107%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 - $135

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	352x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $587

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16