Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	243% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 20:49
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 145 2-Core 288 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 786 77% 630 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1,840 Write 1,372 Mixed 1,204 326% 1,472 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 56.2 220% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 497 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 183 202% 343 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 254%
SanDisk X400 1TB-$310 2,086 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 64GB free Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6646 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2096 (A5) Unknown 100 100 180462617584 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 47 (A8) Unknown 100 100 29 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1159 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 442 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 65 279173660706 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2577000890968 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11006 (EA) Unknown 100 100 19406 (F1) Unknown 253 253 16138 (F2) Unknown 253 253 25896 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.5% Excellent	Read 497 Write 276 Mixed 281 77% 351 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 21 113% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 40.6 84% 172 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 106%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 330GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 176 5791 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4482 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2072 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 423 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23875 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.7% Average	Read 89.6 Write 83.8 Mixed 79.9 64% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.2 57% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 96%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 161GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 64 53807706 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3466 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 61 10754513 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 36816459665091 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1212 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 47 605421604 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22953 (C2) HDA temperature 36 53 77309411364 (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 -114800180853149 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3947786564 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3678086116 (FE) Unknown 1 1 1	36.2% Below average	Read 61.4 Write 63.7 Mixed 45 42% 56.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 4.15 4K Mixed 0.37 152% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x16GB-$70 6,515 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2533 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 27.5 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 34.3 SC Mixed 27 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 85%

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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 $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 $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