Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.9% 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	113% 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-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160714
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '16 at 14:28
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 808 85% 682 Pts	64-Core 791 49% 791 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 121 Parallax 125 97% 122 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 105 Splatting 91.2 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 448GB free Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 134 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (A5) Unknown 100 100 786439 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 665 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 52 223340199978 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8589934594 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 22 (EA) Unknown 100 100 73 (F1) Unknown 253 253 70 (F2) Unknown 253 253 35 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	89.4% Excellent	Read 501 Write 352 Mixed 319 86% 391 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 21.3 124% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 41.3 90% 188 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 104%
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 194GB free Firmware: O1203AB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 100 100 115 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 674 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 15 (A3) Unknown 100 100 640 (94) Unknown 100 100 28074 (95) Unknown 100 100 441 (96) Unknown 100 100 243 (97) Unknown 100 100 395 (A4) Unknown 100 100 33051 (A5) Unknown 100 100 112 (A6) Unknown 100 100 24 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 116 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 44148642218015 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 89313 (F2) Unknown 100 100 108273 (F5) Unknown 100 100 390414 (F6) Unknown 100 100 112296 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	76.8% Very good	Read 478 Write 239 Mixed 267 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 25 109% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 47.2 85% 170 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 61 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 104820949	113% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 400 Mixed 413 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 47.8 182% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 116 136% 237 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 30GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 194621632 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1877 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4424447268 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1239 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 392 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18134 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 51539607582 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 1576253005091 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31326759800 (F2) Unknown 100 253 87852831213	86.9% Excellent	Read 163 Write 140 Mixed 161 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.22 78% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 27.3 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 27.6 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 102%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $617

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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