Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	173% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	51.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '20 at 11:28
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 560 59% 472 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 3FEB) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 135 Parallax 133 114% 136 fps	MRender 168 Gravity 124 Splatting 101 104% 131 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 228 266 219 220 222 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,780 Write 472 Mixed 536 SusWrite 240 164% 757 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 46.1 186% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 1,174 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 438 388% 611 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 283%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$200 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1TB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 279 225 199 195 197 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 474 Write 328 Mixed 377 SusWrite 221 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 36.8 133% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 177 184% 302 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 122%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 166GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 71 70 70 71 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 70.8 Write 78.5 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 69.8 48% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 57%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 159GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 100 102 102 101 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 100 Write 99.2 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 101 68% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 101%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 359GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 94 94 95 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 88.3 Write 81 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 93.9 59% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x16GB 599 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	65.8% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.1 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 20.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 117%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $130Bench 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 $90Bench 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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Total price: $612

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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