Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.4% 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 Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '22 at 22:00
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 435 60% 442 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 112 Parallax 103 84% 106 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 102 Splatting 99.3 81% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 363 230 220 210 207 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 413 Mixed 356 SusWrite 255 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 53.7 180% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 266% 348 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 141GB free Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 595 100 275 101 101 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 1,425 Write 1,351 Mixed 975 SusWrite 213 221% 991 MB/s	4K Read 57.4 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 67 241% 84.7 MB/s	DQ Read 633 DQ Write 494 DQ Mixed 466 375% 531 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 255%
Seagate Expansion Desk 10TB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 167 167 170 171 170 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 20% Great: 107%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB 3,958 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 55GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 14 12 13 14 14 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	Read 137 Write 9.8 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 14.2 43% 47.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 1.5 79% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 8502 3000 C16 Series Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	77% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 24.9 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 77%

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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	643x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	300x
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	110x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	93x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $619

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16