Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.53% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	68.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '16 at 00:08
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$76 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Memory 55.1 1-Core 93 2-Core 151 56% 99.7 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 202 28% 205 Pts	64-Core 237 15% 237 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.53% Terrible	Lighting 5.97 Reflection 8.96 Parallax 5.75 5% 6.89 fps	MRender 4.52 Gravity 5.23 Splatting 13.1 7% 7.63 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.53% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 69 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 82	68.7% Good	Read 497 Write 325 Mixed 344 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 8.87 85% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 8.74 38% 79.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 91%
Hitachi HDS721025CLA682 250GB 1,787 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 171GB free Firmware: JP1OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 83 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 100 96 (03) Spinup time 117 100 12897747140 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2428 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 65537 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 100 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1481 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2416 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 99 99 131071 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 4655989 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 454819868 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2430 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2430 (C2) HDA temperature 214 133 197569478684 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.7% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 94.6 Mixed 89.1 69% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.4 93% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 1x8GB 316 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 9.8 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 7.6 20% 6.87 GB/s	Latency 143 28% 143 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 42%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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-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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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