Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	179% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '18 at 08:42
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 227 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 639 64% 521 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 9460) CLim: 1220 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Lighting 21.7 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 26.5 18% 25.8 fps	MRender 29.5 Gravity 21.5 Splatting 32.3 23% 27.8 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 607 557 503 504 459 446 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,585 Write 504 Mixed 631 SusWrite 513 178% 808 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 52.3 208% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 694 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 390 310% 445 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 188%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 190GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 469 469 480 480 480 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 423 Mixed 354 SusWrite 470 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 48.5 178% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 347 263% 354 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
OCZ Vector 180 240GB-$160 1,083 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 206GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 430 468 440 479 441 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 391 Write 427 Mixed 309 SusWrite 450 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 40.3 156% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 286 232% 328 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 21.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 81%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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: $617

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 $176	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