Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 100%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics125% 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 Drive47% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161117
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 16 '20 at 01:47
Run Duration157 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing as expected (59th 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 above expectations (80th percentile)
79.1% Very good
Memory 86.1
1-Core 116
2-Core 229
81% 144 Pts
4-Core 415
8-Core 429
56% 422 Pts
64-Core 447
28% 447 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing below potential (59th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
125% Outstanding
Lighting 174
Reflection 182
Parallax 185
142% 180 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 177
Splatting 119
111% 138 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 125%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25
188GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z32070RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 80 109 98 102 115 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
47% Average
Read 359
Write 99.3
Mixed 120
SusWrite 103
37% 170 MB/s
4K Read 13.2
4K Write 58.6
4K Mixed 10.7
65% 27.5 MB/s
DQ Read 161
DQ Write 176
DQ Mixed 28.8
60% 122 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 47%
Great: 86%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB
454GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 180 183 184 185 183 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 183
Write 176
Mixed 87.3
SusWrite 182
115% 157 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.1
210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 105%
Great: 104%
General UDisk 16GB
10GB free, PID null
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 6.5 7.6 7.5 6 7.6 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
4.96% Terrible
Read 14.2
Write 3.7
Mixed 7.7
SusWrite 6.5
10% 8.02 MB/s
4K Read 6.3
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
23% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 4.96%
Great: 9%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
77.3% Very good
MC Read 28
MC Write 29.6
MC Mixed 25.4
79% 27.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.5
SC Write 28.5
SC Mixed 23
65% 22.7 GB/s
Latency 71.2
56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 77.3%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,345 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-Z170X-Gaming 5 - $167

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $631
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