Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	45% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '18 at 20:37
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 288 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 717 75% 602 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.5% 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: 390.77 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_FCCT512MX100SSD1 512GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 204GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^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 100 100 304 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 143 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 73 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 51 210454249498 (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 100 100 30 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10740241715 (F7) Unknown 100 100 51688476 (F8) Unknown 100 100 224364119	104% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 476 Mixed 450 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 31.3 148% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 20.4 73% 154 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 37GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9480 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 148 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 118 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1769533 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 69 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1871	82.8% Excellent	Read 515 Write 355 Mixed 355 90% 409 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 10.5 101% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 43.3 94% 195 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 97%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 32035705 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 16295105961770 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 688 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 75 (B1) Unknown 0 0 14 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 32035705 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 32035705 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 32035705 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 27648 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19524 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19524 (F2) Unknown 0 0 34259	45% Average	Read 184 Write 82.8 Mixed 97.3 27% 121 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 14 104% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 89.6 DQ Mixed 7.74 21% 41.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 61%
WD WD4000FDYZ-27YA5B0 4TB 523 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01K06 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 230 4950 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 354 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21377 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 144 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 291 (C2) HDA temperature 110 99 42 (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	65.3% Good	Read 122 Write 105 Mixed 97.4 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 3.06 4K Mixed 0.29 111% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 96%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 750GB 1,494 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 686GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 106 Write 95.1 Mixed 79 117% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.22 67% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 42%
WD 3200BEV External 320GB 678 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 298GB free, PID 0704 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 36.3 Write 38.2 Mixed 29.9 44% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.26 71% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 32.3 106% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 44.6 SC Mixed 31.3 94% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 111%

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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 $275	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