Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '17 at 22:10
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 208 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 297 46% 333 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 113 Parallax 105 90% 110 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 98.9 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 458GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^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 100 100 447 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 87 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 60 171799871515 (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 (F6) Unknown 100 100 74492664 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2337194 (F8) Unknown 100 100 510637 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1922 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	79.9% Very good	Read 469 Write 335 Mixed 338 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 23.5 97% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 45.6 90% 183 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 99%
ST3320620AS 120GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4246984 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -24232205480704 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 959 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 48 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 37 60131967002 (C2) HDA temperature 26 37 60131967002 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4246984 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4246984 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4246984 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 85899345921 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8920 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6858 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6858 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3127 (F4) Unknown 98 98 6225986	55.3% Above average	Read 420 Write 121 Mixed 173 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 12.1 90% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 36 50% 90.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2666 CL15 4GB 4x4GB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 28.4 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 20.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 114%

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,355 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	644x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	301x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	93x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $622

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16