Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.8% 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	166% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '17 at 17:47
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 596 8-Core 608 80% 602 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 72.5 Parallax 70.9 56% 70.6 fps	MRender 75.8 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 57.5 53% 66.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 480GB-$300 1,985 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 386GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TP Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 9398 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2064 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 767 (64) Unknown 100 100 5678080 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 123 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 43 (B2) Unknown 100 100 64 (B4) Unknown 100 100 19022 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 100 300648955942 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 9398 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 4329 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 9398 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4694 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4379 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5740 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 22990	166% Outstanding	Read 1,112 Write 995 Mixed 920 225% 1,009 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 20.1 150% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 481 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 18 114% 267 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 181%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 140GB free Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4877 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1602 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 28 (A3) Unknown 100 100 323 (94) Unknown 100 100 88456 (95) Unknown 100 100 1278 (96) Unknown 100 100 1099 (97) Unknown 100 100 1246 (A4) Unknown 100 100 23140 (A5) Unknown 100 100 76 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 182 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40845745455133 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 101176 (F2) Unknown 100 100 184177 (F5) Unknown 100 100 136670 (F6) Unknown 100 100 176912 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	80.5% Excellent	Read 501 Write 258 Mixed 272 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 25.2 115% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 43.9 84% 170 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 91%
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 25GB free Firmware: CXM02D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19445 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1713 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 90 90 357 (B2) Unknown 95 95 88 (B3) Unknown 95 95 176 (B4) Unknown 95 95 3856 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 34 (E8) Unknown 95 95 1928 (F1) Unknown 84 84 11801678465 (F2) Unknown 47 47 13407340807	75.5% Very good	Read 487 Write 256 Mixed 381 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 20.8 107% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 97.5 DQ Mixed 72.6 86% 155 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 184GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 143553340 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4288 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 194732607 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 37659 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1591 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 63 471138332 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 68719476764 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 26 143553340 (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 -90851443170244 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1431158033 (F2) Unknown 100 253 191551872	67.9% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 113 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.61 130% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 68%
WD WD1600HLFS-60G6U2 160GB 3,337 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 147GB free Firmware: 04.04V04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 190 3441 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1388 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 34176 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1289 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 524 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1388 (C2) HDA temperature 120 108 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 57 57 31495 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8604213368 (F2) Unknown 200 200 5171255386	65.7% Good	Read 116 Write 113 Mixed 92.6 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 28.3 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 27.6 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 89%

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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	348x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	271x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	135x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $599

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 $178	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