Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	49% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '17 at 10:54
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 160 2-Core 314 102% 188 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 893 88% 722 Pts	64-Core 872 54% 872 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1342 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.3.3 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49% Average	Lighting 59.3 Reflection 70.6 Parallax 77.2 48% 69 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 58.6 Splatting 57.7 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 863 Write 395 Mixed 563 134% 607 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 23.2 93% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 59.7 69% 120 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 133%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 192494248 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 944 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3212452 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2063 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 980 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 59 471466010 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5018 (C2) HDA temperature 26 41 34359738394 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 69952132351850 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1003583235 (F2) Unknown 100 253 335627809132	88.2% Excellent	Read 117 Write 189 Mixed 140 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 5.21 4K Mixed 0.84 222% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 28.8 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 26.5 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 95%

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Desktop 87%

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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	350x
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 $79Bench 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 $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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	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