Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.5% 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	93% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	22.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '17 at 02:15
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 80 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 621 65% 519 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 113 Parallax 94.7 91% 106 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 96.9 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22072 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 61 (B1) Unknown 98 98 31 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 44 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31363140387	93% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 402 Mixed 413 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 28 152% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 45.7 DQ Write 97.8 DQ Mixed 27.3 33% 56.9 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 43559672 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2707 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 72 (07) Seek error rate 57 53 30069672494 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 31907 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 174 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 61 51 723779623 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 98060 (C2) HDA temperature 39 49 77309411367 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 116578297322315 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2930844652 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1370936560	91.8% Outstanding	Read 149 Write 171 Mixed 155 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.33 77% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 114%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 576GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 157 4908 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6256 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 29 29 51963 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1162 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 394 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6254 (C2) HDA temperature 102 90 45 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.4% Above average	Read 106 Write 90.3 Mixed 95.8 73% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.35 88% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 62%
Maxtor 7L250S0 251GB-$118 346 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 210GB free Firmware: BACE1GM0 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 185 172 14916 (04) Start/Stop count 250 250 6355 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 6 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 251 0 (08) Seek timer performance 251 218 49360 (09) Power-on hours count 102 102 6942 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 248 248 2046 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 44 253 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 246 3959 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 20343 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 241 241 151 (D2) Unknown 253 49 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	35.4% Below average	Read 56.6 Write 65.7 Mixed 58.2 45% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 3.79 4K Mixed 0.22 125% 1.58 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.2% Very good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.6 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 106%

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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	640x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	297x
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	108x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	92x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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