Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '18 at 00:52
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 260 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 724 71% 580 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2277 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Lighting 88.2 Reflection 82.8 Parallax 82.7 72% 84.6 fps	MRender 81 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 79 64% 78.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
FCCT256M4SSD1 256GB 628 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 70GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th 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 2119 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1657 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 674 (B5) Unknown 100 100 81604706318 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 89 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	63.4% Good	Read 499 Write 265 Mixed 352 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 5.78 66% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 5.94 57% 132 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 75%
FCCT128M4SSD1 128GB 470 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 100 100 484 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1718 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 43 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1183 (B5) Unknown 100 100 3642145636996 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 83 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 87 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	56.4% Above average	Read 474 Write 183 Mixed 266 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 4.62 77% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 7.39 34% 77.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 73%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 190 (03) Spinup time 177 174 4150 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1466 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3104 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1282 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 421 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22601 (C2) HDA temperature 119 106 28 (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 200 182 13234 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	57.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 97.8 Mixed 99 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 84%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 520GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 131 124 6441 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4341 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 5 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7305 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2441 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 904 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 34197 (C2) HDA temperature 117 87 30 (C4) Reallocation count 196 196 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.3% Average	Read 87.1 Write 81.2 Mixed 83.1 63% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.14 60% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF2X04JEEE35-12-K 1x8GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	45.2% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 12.7 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.1 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 45%

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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	640x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $617

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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