Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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	100% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	48.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '17 at 15:06
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 90.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 282 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 783 78% 635 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.10.1 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.2% Above average	Lighting 63.6 Reflection 70.7 Parallax 81.1 52% 71.8 fps	MRender 67.1 Gravity 61.1 Splatting 57.1 50% 61.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 56%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 1B06) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 205 Parallax 180 144% 187 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 176 Splatting 127 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD10EALX-009BA0 256GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: HC8110A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2241 (AF) Unknown 0 0 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 8 8 247550 (B2) Unknown 0 0 0 (B3) Unknown 0 0 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1664 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 976399 (F2) Unknown 100 100 755428	100% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 424 Mixed 432 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 37.5 141% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 83.3 113% 206 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%
Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 4TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: A5GNT907 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 138 138 30090133891 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 227 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 397 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 142 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1437 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1437 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 188979937316 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	110% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 186 Mixed 177 140% 187 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 3.73 4K Mixed 0.45 155% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
Hitachi HUS726040ALA610 4TB 330 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3.5TB free Firmware: A5GNT907 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 139 139 30089806209 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 234 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 142 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1492 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1492 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 184684970016 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	106% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 187 Mixed 185 140% 185 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 4.38 4K Mixed 0.64 194% 2.01 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%
Hitachi HUS726040ALA610 4TB 330 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: A5GNT907 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 112 (03) Spinup time 140 140 30089740666 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 236 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 398 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 142 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1662 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1662 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 180390002720 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	87% Excellent	Read 153 Write 149 Mixed 157 116% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 4.04 4K Mixed 0.58 182% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 112%
WD WD10EALX-229BA1 4TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: A5GNT907 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 140 140 30089806206 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 233 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 408 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 144 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1292 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1292 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 180390002723 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	88.5% Excellent	Read 159 Write 149 Mixed 151 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 3.56 4K Mixed 0.39 135% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x16GB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 25.5 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 26.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 122%

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Desktop 87%

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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 $160Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $684

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) $23	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