Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics88.9% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150901
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateAug 26 '18 at 16:59
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 23%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
86.8% Excellent
Memory 91.4
1-Core 128
2-Core 253
88% 158 Pts
4-Core 442
8-Core 667
69% 555 Pts
64-Core 665
41% 665 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.9% Excellent
Lighting 116
Reflection 119
Parallax 109
95% 115 fps
MRender 97.3
Gravity 106
Splatting 85.7
78% 96.3 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 88.9%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLV256HCHP-00000 256GB
238GB free
Firmware: BXV7000Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 297 297 297 297 298 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
141% Outstanding
Read 956
Write 301
Mixed 366
SusWrite 297
105% 480 MB/s
4K Read 40.4
4K Write 159
4K Mixed 35.2
191% 78.3 MB/s
DQ Read 985
DQ Write 303
DQ Mixed 423
370% 570 MB/s
Poor: 83%
This bench: 141%
Great: 144%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20
379GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 52 51 40 54 76 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
52.6% Above average
Read 129
Write 132
Mixed 69
SusWrite 54.1
71% 95.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 52.6%
Great: 69%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB
912GB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 123 124 124 124 124 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
63.7% Good
Read 98.5
Write 119
Mixed 85.7
SusWrite 123
79% 107 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.7
188% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 63.7%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
69% Good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 26.1
MC Mixed 20.1
69% 24.3 GB/s
SC Read 16.2
SC Write 23.8
SC Mixed 21.3
58% 20.4 GB/s
Latency 65.1
62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 69%
Great: 100%

 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 1,352 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: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $614
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