Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160115
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '16 at 14:40
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 120 2-Core 229 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 452 57% 433 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 68.7 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 61 56% 65.9 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 64.3 Splatting 55.2 51% 64 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1331 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 435 (AA) Unknown 98 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 32 100 68722753568 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 222355 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 36 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 98 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 222355 (F2) Unknown 100 100 128576 (F9) Unknown 100 100 31821	67.7% Good	Read 407 Write 185 Mixed 234 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 18.4 103% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 58.3 88% 167 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 95%
Kingston SVP200S37A90G 90GB 202 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 83GB free Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 2156073597496 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 868 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 348 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 72 1009322033180 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 12 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11184 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6870 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6870 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5990	44.3% Average	Read 207 Write 86.1 Mixed 114 30% 136 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 11.3 94% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 96 DQ Write 81.8 DQ Mixed 28.1 38% 68.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 52%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 150 11108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 427 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2825 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 367 (10) Unknown 1 199 22920020702 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 417 (C2) HDA temperature 116 94 36 (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	80.2% Excellent	Read 147 Write 133 Mixed 129 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.27 98% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB (2013) 2,070 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 588GB free Firmware: CC92 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220428566 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7474 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1263375 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18868 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1796 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 41 43066242367524 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5287 (C2) HDA temperature 36 59 73014444068 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 99 220428566 (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 -138753213450232 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1824654889 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1323770480	43.9% Average	Read 84.1 Write 68.7 Mixed 76 58% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.15 58% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 71%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 932GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 36.7 Mixed 37 48% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.24 65% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 28.3 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 24.3 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

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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 $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 $182	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) $30	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