Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151016
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '16 at 08:12
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 203 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 386 49% 371 Pts	64-Core 397 24% 397 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 2761) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 20.19.0.32832 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Lighting 41.8 Reflection 30.4 Parallax 50.9 34% 41 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 38.5 Splatting 37.7 29% 34.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 917 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 237 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (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 57 47 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3262081081
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 497GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 63 32976139 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 236 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 14825301 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 914 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 55 706412583 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 236 (C2) HDA temperature 39 27 115964117031 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 32976139 (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 112772956291986 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2937640436 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7577105948	87.5% Excellent	Read 160 Write 145 Mixed 149 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 5,708 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 12.4 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 10.9 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 109%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 - $135

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	351x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
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 $48Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $590

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) $32	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