Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.4% 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	84.2% 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	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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '20 at 02:34
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 775 83% 664 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% PNY(196E 11A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.4% Very good	Lighting 94.2 Reflection 107 Parallax 92.9 77% 98.1 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 93 Splatting 96.7 78% 95.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7TB3Q-128G-1006 128GB 782 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2180306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 120 115 114 103 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 424 Write 204 Mixed 184 SusWrite 119 51% 233 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 39.4 163% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 141 129% 203 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 94%
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 512GB 29,096 User benchmarks, average bench 203% 414GB free Firmware: S0614B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1473 1505 1512 862 185 223 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 1,579 Write 1,510 Mixed 1,056 SusWrite 960 286% 1,276 MB/s	4K Read 59.4 4K Write 218 4K Mixed 40.8 258% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 744 DQ Write 1,059 DQ Mixed 495 488% 766 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 291%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 210GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 92 92 89 89 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 84.8 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 90.3 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB 17,846 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 20.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 23.6 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 86%

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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-Z170MX-Gaming 5 - $135

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	348x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	271x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	135x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
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	77x
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 $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 $178	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