Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.9% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161117
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 12:56
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 279 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 780 78% 636 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 78 Parallax 66.9 62% 73.6 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 68.8 Splatting 70.3 57% 69.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7062 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2440 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (AA) Unknown 100 100 636 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8126658 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 472 (C2) HDA temperature 69 48 223339479071 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (E9) Unknown 100 100 28370 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 20701 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11533 (F4) Unknown 100 100 124 (F5) Unknown 100 100 194 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8517056	64.9% Good	Read 511 Write 397 Mixed 453 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 8.36 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 10.5 45% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 21.1 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 10.1 50% 104 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 111%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 4141 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2216 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2731 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1009 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 165 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 61848 (C2) HDA temperature 120 101 27 (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	85% Excellent	Read 146 Write 151 Mixed 136 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.27 108% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 84%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 583GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 197 182 25015 (03) Spinup time 163 161 4808 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2088 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1764 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2088 (C2) HDA temperature 117 97 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 191 191 960 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 193 193 744 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 184 179 2112	57.7% Above average	Read 119 Write 81.8 Mixed 106 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.33 96% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB 1,266 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 108%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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