Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics83.9% 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 Drive246% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 26 '20 at 17:14
Run Duration113 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 11%
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 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
82.5% Excellent
Memory 83.3
1-Core 126
2-Core 243
84% 151 Pts
4-Core 475
8-Core 451
62% 463 Pts
64-Core 456
28% 456 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 82.5%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
83.9% Excellent
Lighting 104
Reflection 116
Parallax 98
85% 106 fps
MRender 98
Gravity 99.1
Splatting 103
82% 100 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45
443GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RKT343.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1079 1383 1632 1181 764 761 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
246% Outstanding
Read 938
Write 1,470
Mixed 915
SusWrite 1,133
253% 1,114 MB/s
4K Read 39.8
4K Write 191
4K Mixed 67.4
248% 99.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,533
DQ Write 1,316
DQ Mixed 1,386
1,049% 1,412 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 246%
Great: 277%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
78.7% Very good
MC Read 28.2
MC Write 29.9
MC Mixed 25.7
80% 27.9 GB/s
SC Read 18.5
SC Write 30.8
SC Mixed 24.4
70% 24.6 GB/s
Latency 74.7
54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 78.7%
Great: 95%

 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 953 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: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $585
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