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 (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	265% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '16 at 12:41
Run Duration	689 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 262 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 784 75% 620 Pts	64-Core 819 51% 819 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,238 Write 1,435 Mixed 1,478 380% 1,717 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 53.9 232% 89.3 MB/s	DQ Read 426 DQ Write 386 DQ Mixed 194 204% 335 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 283%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015)-$107 691 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112112524 (03) Spinup time 90 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 107 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10135208 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3654 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 50 42 7847747387442 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2044 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4861 (C2) HDA temperature 50 58 51539607602 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 43 112112524 (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 -123738007794455 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17818905133 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9805685670	112% Outstanding	Read 219 Write 173 Mixed 170 141% 187 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.41 134% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 117%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 1,392 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID a815 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	5.08% Terrible	Read 17.4 Write 4.42 Mixed 6.14 10% 9.31 MB/s	4K Read 6.66 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.007 25% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.08% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 31.6 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 29.9 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

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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 $133	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