Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.8% 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 Drive230% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 10 '18 at 22:23
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600-$132
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
88.2% Excellent
Memory 96.5
1-Core 126
2-Core 243
88% 155 Pts
4-Core 461
8-Core 468
62% 465 Pts
64-Core 458
28% 458 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 88.2%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170
CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.3
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
82.8% Excellent
Lighting 98.5
Reflection 88.3
Parallax 132
80% 106 fps
MRender 87.1
Gravity 100
Splatting 125
88% 104 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 85%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100
174GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1303 307 305 309 312 312 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
230% Outstanding
Read 1,507
Write 1,175
Mixed 894
SusWrite 475
226% 1,013 MB/s
4K Read 64.7
4K Write 163
4K Mixed 84.4
292% 104 MB/s
DQ Read 982
DQ Write 1,280
DQ Mixed 1,014
798% 1,092 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 230%
Great: 280%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
105% Outstanding
MC Read 38.8
MC Write 42.1
MC Mixed 31.1
107% 37.3 GB/s
SC Read 21.5
SC Write 40.8
SC Mixed 30.9
89% 31.1 GB/s
Latency 52.1
77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 105%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 946 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $599
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