Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.9% 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 Drive	64.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	41.1 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '17 at 15:57
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	QAT-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 89.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 771 79% 637 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 98.2 Parallax 83.7 82% 94.2 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 96 Splatting 97.3 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12129061 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 16810502003787 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 620 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 29 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 38 60132032539 (C2) HDA temperature 27 38 60132032539 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12129061 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12129061 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12129061 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 64424509440 (E9) Unknown 0 0 47629 (EA) Unknown 0 0 38613 (F1) Unknown 0 0 38613 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10237 (F4) Unknown 97 97 7733342	64.6% Good	Read 487 Write 243 Mixed 263 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 20.5 4K Mixed 18.9 78% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 79.5 DQ Mixed 46.7 62% 116 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 65%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 286GB free Firmware: 0C3G37R5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 313 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (64) Unknown 100 100 203776 (65) Unknown 100 100 36864 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 44 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1374 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 146030067743 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 519 (EA) Unknown 100 100 324 (F1) Unknown 100 100 418 (F2) Unknown 100 100 178 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	68.9% Good	Read 494 Write 249 Mixed 263 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 39.7 4K Mixed 12.7 81% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 29 77% 168 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 92%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 4316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 747 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7239 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 613 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 167 167 101896 (C2) HDA temperature 118 110 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	72.5% Very good	Read 124 Write 129 Mixed 137 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.26 101% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/16G 859B BLS8G4D240FSC.16FARG KHX2400C15/16G 859B BLS8G4D240FSC.16FARG 48GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 26 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns

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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	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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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