Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.3% 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	83.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (83%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '20 at 12:39
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	83%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (90^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 76 1-Core 102 2-Core 201 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 403 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3791) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.3% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 93.3 Parallax 35.4 82% 76.3 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 115 Splatting 95 63% 72.6 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 110%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.41% Terrible	Lighting 6.47 Reflection 9.04 Parallax 6.94 5% 7.48 fps	MRender 9.52 Gravity 6.47 Splatting 14.1 9% 10 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.41% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TB 39,874 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 335 286 350 312 266 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 432 Write 378 Mixed 336 SusWrite 309 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 31.3 4K Mixed 29.4 109% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 204 185% 283 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 115%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 63GB free Firmware: LF1i SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 169 166 175 196 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 337 Write 221 Mixed 242 SusWrite 173 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 35.6 132% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 226 176% 244 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 88%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 9GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 461 Write 392 Mixed 391 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 46.1 149% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 339 254% 339 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Apricorn 120GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 71GB free Firmware: 0128 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 92 60 41 33 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 234 Write 200 Mixed 188 SusWrite 74.3 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 35.4 4K Mixed 18.2 71% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 20.2 DQ Write 38.7 DQ Mixed 21 18% 26.6 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 41%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 535GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 109 109 101 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 107 Write 102 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 106 71% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2133 CL15 4GB 4x4GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.7% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.1 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 18.6 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 88.3 45% 88.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 104%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	349x
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 $90Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $574

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $47	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16