Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 03:37
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 217 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 423 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Lighting 70.9 Reflection 70.7 Parallax 61.6 58% 67.7 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 65 Splatting 59.6 54% 66.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6 Pro 256GB-$110 927 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 95GB free Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^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 100 100 310 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 816 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 313 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 24654 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1248 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 28 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 313 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4040 (F1) Unknown 100 100 64654 (F2) Unknown 100 100 161010	88.3% Excellent	Read 502 Write 454 Mixed 473 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 25 112% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 99.8 93% 135 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 111%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10515562 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 59992103194918 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1357 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 609 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 39 52 94492688423 (C2) HDA temperature 39 52 94492688423 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10515562 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10515562 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10515562 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 73014444033 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25291 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16381 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16381 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10376 (F4) Unknown 94 94 13041863	38.8% Below average	Read 486 Write 102 Mixed 110 50% 233 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 11.4 4K Mixed 7.92 39% 11.5 MB/s	DQ Read 47.2 DQ Write 16.4 DQ Mixed 6.51 11% 23.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 73%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 332GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2865 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8629 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2147 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 908 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5247 (C2) HDA temperature 110 95 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 182 468 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	65.1% Good	Read 118 Write 108 Mixed 111 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.18 84% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 86%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$58 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 87GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 728 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2256 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 521 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 203 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 42585 (C2) HDA temperature 109 97 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64% Good	Read 109 Write 114 Mixed 117 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 84%
BUFFALO HD-PCTU3 1TB 1,031 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 24GB free, PID 01de Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 89.2 Write 64.1 Mixed 65.5 89% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.16 50% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 04CD F4-3000C15-4GTZB 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 04CD F4-3000C15-4GTZB 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.1% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 70%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 - $135

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	354x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	275x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	138x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	32x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $590

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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