Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	114% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	43 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '18 at 20:19
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 67.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 221 72% 132 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 619 61% 500 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 413 412 407 405 404 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 427 Mixed 340 SusWrite 411 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 45.4 176% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 315 244% 334 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 119%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 83GB free Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 191 188 189 189 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	70% Good	Read 457 Write 181 Mixed 231 SusWrite 189 58% 265 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 19.1 119% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 57.8 62% 103 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 72%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 208GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 443 443 425 439 441 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 441 Mixed 347 SusWrite 440 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 62.3 214% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 340 255% 340 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 131%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 487GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 99 101 100 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 86.3 Write 93 Mixed 70.6 SusWrite 99.6 64% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 98%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 174 181 166 173 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 183 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 172 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.8 223% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 8,488 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	68.4% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 89%

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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	346x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	268x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	134x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	47x
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	75x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $599

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