Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.5% 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	54.9% 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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '19 at 02:13
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (57^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% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 231 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 630 63% 515 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 36E1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1774 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Lighting 71.3 Reflection 71 Parallax 64.3 58% 68.8 fps	MRender 60 Gravity 65.6 Splatting 60 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 18 32 33 38 16 MB/s Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.9% Above average	Read 215 Write 97 Mixed 215 SusWrite 61 33% 147 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 28.1 102% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 135 134% 212 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 102%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 184GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 60 56 61 60 60 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 46.5 Write 57.5 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 59.1 36% 49.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 43%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 368GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 147 149 151 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 146 Write 137 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 149 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 84%
SanDisk Ultra 32GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 15GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 146 Write 97.5 Mixed 107 142% 117 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 4.5 282% 4.37 MB/s
Poor: 9% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2666 2OZ 2x8GB 6,330 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.3% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 21.5 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 90%

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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-Z170X-Gaming 5 - $167

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	640x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	92x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Total price: $631

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