Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	57.8% 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	153% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '18 at 05:31
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 575 77% 576 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1587 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Lighting 72.6 Reflection 75.1 Parallax 66.7 59% 71.5 fps	MRender 77.7 Gravity 67.3 Splatting 60.5 55% 68.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 480GB-$300 1,985 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TP Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 10931 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2691 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1116 (64) Unknown 100 100 6173952 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 136 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 46 (B2) Unknown 100 100 64 (B4) Unknown 100 100 19022 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 100 300648693798 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 10931 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 5725 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 10931 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6489 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6016 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8765 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 25824	153% Outstanding	Read 1,047 Write 936 Mixed 891 214% 958 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 15 137% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 17.2 102% 234 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 181%
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 77GB free Firmware: CXM02D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 20078 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2070 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 90 90 364 (B2) Unknown 95 95 88 (B3) Unknown 95 95 176 (B4) Unknown 95 95 3856 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 34 (E8) Unknown 95 95 1928 (F1) Unknown 66 66 12591563043 (F2) Unknown 29 29 14214907376	71.5% Very good	Read 484 Write 217 Mixed 380 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 19.9 102% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 75.7 88% 156 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 73%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 60GB free Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5504 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1961 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 28 (A3) Unknown 100 100 323 (94) Unknown 100 100 94773 (95) Unknown 100 100 1358 (96) Unknown 100 100 1249 (97) Unknown 100 100 1335 (A4) Unknown 100 100 24837 (A5) Unknown 100 100 77 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 189 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38642393546779 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 108832 (F2) Unknown 100 100 192648 (F5) Unknown 100 100 146693 (F6) Unknown 100 100 189546 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	77% Very good	Read 494 Write 259 Mixed 262 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 24 104% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 43.8 83% 168 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 28.3 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 27.6 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 89%

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

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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 $184	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) $35	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