Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.2% 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	165% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '17 at 19:56
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 219 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 744 70% 584 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3707) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2042 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.2% Below average	Lighting 31.5 Reflection 52.6 Parallax 40.1 26% 41.4 fps	MRender 46.9 Gravity 53.6 Splatting 52.7 42% 51 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 371GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^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 33 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 103 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 128 (A3) Unknown 100 100 71 (A4) Unknown 100 100 20338 (A5) Unknown 100 100 22 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 10 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 164 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 191777 (F2) Unknown 100 100 157511 (F5) Unknown 100 100 325408	75.6% Very good	Read 508 Write 424 Mixed 452 103% 461 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 41.8 4K Mixed 24.1 82% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 81.6 DQ Write 93.4 DQ Mixed 36.8 42% 70.6 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 105%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 225GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,685 Write 1,182 Mixed 1,310 309% 1,392 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 13.9 81% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.2 DQ Write 63.5 DQ Mixed 24.2 24% 37.7 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 283%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 515GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 80.5 Write 64.9 Mixed 67.8 89% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.21 61% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3466C16 4x8GB 733 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.9% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.6 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 142%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 87%

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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 $130Bench 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 $274	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 $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