Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53.9% 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	216% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 06 '18 at 16:31
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 288 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 798 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 808 50% 808 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9395) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1048 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Lighting 65.8 Reflection 59.8 Parallax 80.7 54% 68.8 fps	MRender 60.2 Gravity 55.1 Splatting 78.6 54% 64.6 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,883 Write 1,340 Mixed 1,227 328% 1,483 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 29 187% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 56.4 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 148 99% 115 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 254%
SanDisk X400 1TB-$310 2,086 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 84GB free Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6520 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2057 (A5) Unknown 100 100 176166601699 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 47 (A8) Unknown 100 100 29 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1159 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 440 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 65 279173660706 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2559820038740 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10809 (EA) Unknown 100 100 19149 (F1) Unknown 253 253 15966 (F2) Unknown 253 253 25142 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	63.4% Good	Read 488 Write 187 Mixed 249 67% 308 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 13.4 105% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 36.2 DQ Write 75.6 DQ Mixed 36.9 34% 49.6 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 106%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 330GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 176 5775 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4399 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6557 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2033 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 421 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23324 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 35 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.1% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 82.8 Mixed 79.3 64% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.22 61% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 96%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 162GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 64 1291112 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3382 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 61 10627210 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -34321083658678 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1173 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 47 589234211 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22166 (C2) HDA temperature 35 53 77309411363 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -139096810846696 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3921192932 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3652163154 (FE) Unknown 1 1 1	35.5% Below average	Read 61 Write 61.4 Mixed 44.7 42% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 4.89 4K Mixed 0.31 153% 1.95 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x16GB-$70 6,515 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2533 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 27.8 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 34.9 SC Mixed 26.8 78% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 85%

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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) $35	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