Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56% 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)
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	May 04 '20 at 08:17
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 244 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 643 71% 559 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56% Above average	Lighting 71 Reflection 70.7 Parallax 69.6 58% 70.4 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 65.6 Splatting 55.6 52% 65 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$330 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 334GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1364 1442 1438 1437 1443 1439 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,741 Write 1,401 Mixed 688 SusWrite 1,427 294% 1,314 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 56.1 202% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 818 DQ Write 405 DQ Mixed 445 374% 556 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$110 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 915 509 484 308 248 157 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 879GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 468 472 474 466 471 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 406 Mixed 394 SusWrite 465 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 56.4 164% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
HGST HDS 724040ALE640 4TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 216GB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.3 0 0.1 0.1 0 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	12.1% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 40.5 Mixed 37 SusWrite 0.1 38% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 99% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 12%
WDC WD40 EFRX-68N32N0 4TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 2.5TB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.9 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14.6% Very poor	Read 39 Write 40.7 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 4.9 39% 29.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 122% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 15%
TOSHIBA HDWE140 4TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 171GB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0 11 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	12.5% Very poor	Read 39 Write 37.7 Mixed 34 SusWrite 1.9 36% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 106% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 14%
WDC WD40 EZRZ-00GXCB0 4TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 2.5TB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 37 38 38 38 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.3% Poor	Read 38 Write 39.7 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 37.5 51% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 116% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$102 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.4% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 22.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 114%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 - $135

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	358x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	280x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	139x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	84x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	78x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	48x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $38Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	32x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $234	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $406