Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '17 at 06:11
Run Duration	288 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 85.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 231 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 684 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 195 Parallax 197 132% 185 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 182 Splatting 125 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$70 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01K02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 136 132 12200 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 315 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19174 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (B7) Unknown 94 94 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 275 (C2) HDA temperature 104 90 48 (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	73.8% Very good	Read 128 Write 128 Mixed 125 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 3.12 4K Mixed 0.63 165% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 96%
WD Re 2TB-$33 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 653GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8483 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7048 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 769 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 219 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6829 (C2) HDA temperature 101 86 51 (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	59% Above average	Read 126 Write 79.4 Mixed 95.4 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.37 106% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 83%
WD Re 2TB-$33 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 500GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8366 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8499 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24479 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 743 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 199 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8299 (C2) HDA temperature 114 93 38 (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	63% Good	Read 140 Write 79.6 Mixed 80.8 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.49 131% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 83%
WD Re 2TB-$33 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 207GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8583 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6997 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23349 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 760 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6794 (C2) HDA temperature 107 89 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	58.7% Above average	Read 118 Write 85.8 Mixed 101 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.28 107% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 83%
WD Re 2TB-$33 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 150GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8483 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7576 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24486 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 779 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 220 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7362 (C2) HDA temperature 113 86 39 (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	49.5% Average	Read 83.1 Write 89 Mixed 86.6 65% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.46 132% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 83%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.04V06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 193 3233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 279 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2585 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 273 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 279 (C2) HDA temperature 101 97 46 (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	51.4% Above average	Read 87.3 Write 91.5 Mixed 83.8 66% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.5 133% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 68%
WDC WD30 EFRX-68EUZN0 3TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1TB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 39.7 Write 37.9 Mixed 37.5 49% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.28 82% 1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 23%
WDC WD30 PURX-64P6ZY0 3TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 400GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	16.8% Very poor	Read 38.1 Write 38.6 Mixed 38.5 50% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.26 40% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-024.A00G 2x4GB 3,406 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	70% Good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 20.5 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 79%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 - $167

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	643x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	300x
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	110x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	93x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $614

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16