Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.9% 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	95.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '18 at 09:28
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 153 2-Core 300 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 812 82% 664 Pts	64-Core 807 50% 807 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 92%

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: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 124 Parallax 108 100% 118 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 109 Splatting 110 90% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 473 189 129 150 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 471 Mixed 402 SusWrite 259 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 41.2 158% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 301 221% 285 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 31GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 155 167 174 138 104 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 124 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 140 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 113%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 70GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 101 89 81 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 106 Write 98.2 Mixed 68 SusWrite 92.4 67% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 69%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 88GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 78 78 78 78 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 71.5 Write 71.2 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 77.5 51% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3808110AS 80GB-$33 4,823 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 35GB free Firmware: 3.ADH SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 57 56 57 57 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 68.8 Write 68.8 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 56.7 45% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 41%

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 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 28.1 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 38.8 SC Mixed 27.8 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 88%

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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-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 $130Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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