Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '17 at 12:17
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 139 2-Core 280 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 518 68% 511 Pts	64-Core 526 33% 526 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3721) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2089 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 76 Parallax 71 64% 75 fps	MRender 75.8 Gravity 74 Splatting 75.1 61% 75 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 62GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14329245 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -132353712190801 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1367 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 141 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 42 77312163869 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 77312163869 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14329245 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14329245 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14329245 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3047 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1385 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1385 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7741 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1048591	63.3% Good	Read 458 Write 115 Mixed 159 53% 244 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 16.1 116% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 75 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 28.8 41% 74.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 73%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 80 25200200 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -60232621349864 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3701 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 299 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 25200200 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 25200200 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 25200200 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7615 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6663 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6663 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17157	52.2% Above average	Read 385 Write 73.2 Mixed 119 41% 192 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 15 100% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 89.2 DQ Write 66.5 DQ Mixed 20.5 31% 58.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 837GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 183966656 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4258 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43111433 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7037 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3102 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 67 60 571801633 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 398 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 50715 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 73014444065 (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 113120848646730 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3580274208 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19269382822	94.6% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 151 Mixed 143 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.31 4K Mixed 0.3 138% 1.74 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 112%
Patriot Supersonic Xpress USB 3.0 16GB-$25 91 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 15GB free, PID 5000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 79.8 Write 23.9 Mixed 26.1 44% 43.3 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 45% 3.95 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB 16,770 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 24.1 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 22.4 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 88%

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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 $179	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