Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.3% 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	145% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	6.6 Days
Run Date	May 28 '17 at 17:36
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 587 78% 586 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Lighting 67.7 Reflection 71.7 Parallax 62.6 55% 67.3 fps	MRender 75.3 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 57.2 52% 65.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 480GB-$300 1,985 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5632 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1336 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 450 (64) Unknown 100 100 5293824 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 111 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 40 (B2) Unknown 100 100 64 (B4) Unknown 100 100 19022 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 41 100 300648955945 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 5632 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 3356 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 5632 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3152 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2943 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4358 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 17782	145% Outstanding	Read 1,128 Write 975 Mixed 919 224% 1,007 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 17.2 131% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 39.4 DQ Write 94.2 DQ Mixed 18.3 28% 50.7 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 181%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 153GB free Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st 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 4041 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1277 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 28 (A3) Unknown 100 100 323 (94) Unknown 100 100 79122 (95) Unknown 100 100 1147 (96) Unknown 100 100 1019 (97) Unknown 100 100 1114 (A4) Unknown 100 100 21718 (A5) Unknown 100 100 76 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 174 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 41945273991198 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 88538 (F2) Unknown 100 100 156993 (F5) Unknown 100 100 128271 (F6) Unknown 100 100 158244 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	77.7% Very good	Read 477 Write 255 Mixed 268 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 24.3 111% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 38.6 79% 162 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 91%
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 81GB free Firmware: CXM02D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18618 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1391 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 90 90 345 (B2) Unknown 95 95 88 (B3) Unknown 95 95 176 (B4) Unknown 95 95 3856 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 34 (E8) Unknown 95 95 1928 (F1) Unknown 112 112 10628758822 (F2) Unknown 68 68 12500413199	69.7% Good	Read 484 Write 180 Mixed 362 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 19.6 104% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 11.7 56% 131 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 105GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 125619486 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3653 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 193721353 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 36963 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1293 (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 70 63 504954910 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 68719476766 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 26 125619486 (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 -36511516942742 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3524534345 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3650990420	60.3% Good	Read 104 Write 106 Mixed 92.8 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.32 92% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 68%
WD WD1600HLFS-60G6U2 160GB 3,337 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 101GB free Firmware: 04.04V04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 191 3425 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 713 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33437 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 695 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 215 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 713 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 58 58 30803 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8445734257 (F2) Unknown 200 200 4424875302	62.1% Good	Read 106 Write 110 Mixed 93.2 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.58 146% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 29.5 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 25.6 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 89%

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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 $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	271x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $599

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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