Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '19 at 00:56
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 680 66% 543 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 77.9 Parallax 67.1 64% 74.4 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 72.8 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A240G 240GB 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.G Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 491 Write 495 Mixed 345 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 38.5 143% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 185 180% 282 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 92%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 852GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 102 105 103 108 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 97.5 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 103 68% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 29.9 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 28.7 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 104%

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Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,346 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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 $300	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