Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.8% 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 Drive	84.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '17 at 20:46
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 762 80% 642 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 118 Parallax 98.3 86% 107 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 103 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 213GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,683 Write 1,255 Mixed 1,374 388% 1,770 MB/s	4K Read 62.7 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 47 247% 94.1 MB/s	DQ Read 62.3 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 169 118% 142 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 236%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9345 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 573 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 53 (AE) Unknown 100 100 80 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 54 197568495650 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10167000584 (F7) Unknown 100 100 322123493 (F8) Unknown 100 100 533996827	84.2% Excellent	Read 504 Write 270 Mixed 350 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 31.5 146% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 18.7 33% 61.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 91%
SanDisk SSD 64GB-$56 3,862 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 49GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8373 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 661 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 48 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 26 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 55 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1397956477 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1165996585	43.2% Average	Read 447 Write 200 Mixed 274 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 14 4K Mixed 6.16 43% 12.9 MB/s	DQ Read 18 DQ Write 13.2 DQ Mixed 6.24 7% 12.5 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 48%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 257GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94962808 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 283 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15095842 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4430 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 280 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 521928735 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34497 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 55834574879 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 8469675510093 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8341109126 (F2) Unknown 100 253 725845517798	91.6% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 152 Mixed 128 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.2 86% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 412GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 75 (03) Spinup time 118 118 12897419462 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1018 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11899 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 895 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1185 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1185 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 180388888608 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	67.8% Good	Read 115 Write 122 Mixed 120 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 3,531 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 30.7 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 44.4 SC Mixed 31.3 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 129%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	92x
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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $617

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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