Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '17 at 09:34
Run Duration	392 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 145 2-Core 290 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 550 73% 549 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 123 Parallax 105 100% 117 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 108 Splatting 107 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^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 100 100 616 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 587 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 64 (AE) Unknown 100 100 198 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 45 236223987757 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 15533004028 (F7) Unknown 100 100 487035765 (F8) Unknown 100 100 329865435 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1248 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	68.1% Good	Read 483 Write 302 Mixed 312 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 14.1 97% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 74.3 DQ Mixed 33.9 31% 45.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 95%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 68GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 356 (03) Spinup time 144 142 3791 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2701 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16323 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2480 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1272 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1428 (C2) HDA temperature 92 87 51 (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	44.4% Average	Read 89.1 Write 65.3 Mixed 77.3 58% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.26 87% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3808110AS 80GB-$33 4,823 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 50GB free Firmware: 3.ADH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 93 78 79898798 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4042 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 471899073 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 44915 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3481 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 52 49 840564784 (C2) HDA temperature 48 51 55834574896 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 46 166245144 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 167 580 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	27.2% Poor	Read 56.8 Write 37.6 Mixed 42.7 34% 45.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.41 99% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 41%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 10GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	6.32% Terrible	Read 21.5 Write 3.22 Mixed 9.28 11% 11.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 1.23 76% 2.56 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.32% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 29.8 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 28.2 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 88%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 - $167

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	640x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	297x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	167x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	108x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	92x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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