Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. 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	116% 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	38.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '18 at 01:17
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 199 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 604 60% 491 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 163 Parallax 142 123% 152 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 175 Splatting 125 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Spark 256GB 1,848 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM10.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 2.7 1.2 67 4.9 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 419 Write 306 Mixed 294 SusWrite 22.8 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 19.2 4K Mixed 18.2 34% 12.6 MB/s	DQ Read 84.2 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 118 111% 165 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 405GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 134 137 137 136 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 168 Write 160 Mixed 97.5 SusWrite 136 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2800 C16 Series 2x8GB 1,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.6% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 19.9 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 17.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 99%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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-Z170MX-Gaming 5 - $135

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	346x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	268x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	134x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	47x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	75x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $599

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) $30	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