Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	226% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 19 '19 at 04:24
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 240 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 636 65% 523 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37A7) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 160 Parallax 157 136% 161 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 142 Splatting 103 110% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 789 595 600 595 591 587 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,751 Write 1,514 Mixed 672 SusWrite 626 254% 1,141 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 58 218% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,288 DQ Write 1,003 DQ Mixed 898 739% 1,063 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 254%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 210GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 447 276 234 235 233 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 416 Write 254 Mixed 350 SusWrite 312 75% 333 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 36.6 141% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 323 247% 334 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 98%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 160GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 415 415 416 415 411 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 456 Mixed 382 SusWrite 421 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 54.3 192% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 248 218% 325 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$160 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 450GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 451 456 454 458 450 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 478 Mixed 378 SusWrite 450 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 56.7 201% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 7,970 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 181 183 184 184 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 131 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 182 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 98%
FCR-HS3 -1 2GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 6348 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.9% Terrible	Read 20.8 Write 8.5 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 11.2 14% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.9% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 32GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.1% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 93%

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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	642x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	298x
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	109x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	93x
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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $676

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16