Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	45.9% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '20 at 21:59
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 634 63% 513 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 147A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 164 Parallax 160 141% 166 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 133 Splatting 114 114% 143 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 68 50 47 52 91 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.9% Average	Read 241 Write 181 Mixed 162 SusWrite 66.4 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 10 94% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 88.2 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 175 119% 143 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 84%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 55GB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 63 65 65 64 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 64.7 Write 68.7 Mixed 44 SusWrite 64.5 44% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 68%
Seagate BUP Portable 4TB 5,255 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 128 130 129 127 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 108 Write 116 Mixed 72.4 SusWrite 130 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.9 232% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 67GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 102 102 100 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 118 Write 102 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 102 73% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 21,822 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 24.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 24.6 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 83%

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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 $179	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