Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.2% 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	312% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180115
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '20 at 14:04
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 740 78% 624 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 116 Parallax 110 97% 115 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 101 Splatting 86.1 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 627GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1311 1972 1555 1114 1121 1138 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	312% Outstanding	Read 2,096 Write 1,584 Mixed 1,303 SusWrite 1,368 355% 1,588 MB/s	4K Read 61.7 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 88.4 292% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,265 DQ Write 1,153 DQ Mixed 1,257 930% 1,225 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 312% Great: 372%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 585GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 165 163 166 165 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 150 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 165 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 224% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 532GB free Firmware: CC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 95 95 98 96 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 90%
Patriot Memory 16GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 11GB free, PID 3600 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.4 9.7 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	10% Very poor	Read 24 Write 15 Mixed 13.7 SusWrite 13.1 21% 16.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.1 84% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.5% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.3 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 110%

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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	352x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	273x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	78x
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: $582

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16