Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	93.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160714
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '16 at 17:29
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 269 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 768 76% 622 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4463 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.4% Terrible	Lighting 6.77 Reflection 8.69 Parallax 5.94 6% 7.13 fps	MRender 8.33 Gravity 6 Splatting 13.8 8% 9.39 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.4% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2211 480GB-$70 2,197 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 216GB free Firmware: CS221016 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1533 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 651 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1097 (AD) Unknown 100 100 589868 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2669	99.3% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 506 Mixed 502 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 14.8 116% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 64.7 119% 236 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 113%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16141 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 382 (B1) Unknown 95 95 54 (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 53 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 7 (EB) Unknown 99 99 147 (F1) Unknown 99 99 43387051998	93.6% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 346 Mixed 352 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 27 134% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 83.2 116% 218 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 118%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 38GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2613086 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -1924145314502 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 522 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 215 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 1822 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2613086 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2613086 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2613086 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11220 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10679 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10679 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11272	52.7% Above average	Read 201 Write 115 Mixed 137 33% 151 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 14 109% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 40.5 58% 110 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 61%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34387329449 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 261 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 886 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 166 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 542 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 542 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 184685166626 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	95.1% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 161 Mixed 167 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.2 89% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 107%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 727GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 37.5 Mixed 23.4 41% 32.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.29 71% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 43%

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 @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 31.4 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 27.5 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 - $167

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	643x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	300x
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	110x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	93x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $617

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16