Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	111% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '18 at 15:30
Run Duration	317 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 98 2-Core 268 81% 150 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 725 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 192 Parallax 185 133% 180 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 163 Splatting 121 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 269 242 194 231 248 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 420 Write 411 Mixed 360 SusWrite 253 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 60.4 201% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 651GB free Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 353 378 395 389 386 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 396 Mixed 419 SusWrite 373 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 48.6 184% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 364 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 230GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 353 378 396 390 387 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 409 Mixed 348 SusWrite 374 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 47.9 172% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 364 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
HP S700 Pro 512GB-$79 1,249 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 271GB free Firmware: Q0308A_H SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 344 368 385 379 376 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 390 Mixed 361 SusWrite 364 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 45.3 152% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 100 137% 250 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 120%
WD Blue 500GB-$85 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 456GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 284 284 282 282 286 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 315 Write 284 Mixed 228 SusWrite 285 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 34.7 120% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 214 168% 231 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 592GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 157 158 158 158 156 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 142 Write 140 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 157 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 109%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 931GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 109 103 103 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 141 Write 150 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 105 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 97%
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 8TB 824 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 5.5TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 220 222 224 223 220 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 224 Write 210 Mixed 102 SusWrite 222 138% 189 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.4 222% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 175 175 176 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 131 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 173 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.5% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 25.1 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 19.7 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 88%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 - $167

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	640x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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 $94Bench 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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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $617

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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