Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84% 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	85.4% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '17 at 01:59
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$49 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 438 59% 438 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 110 Parallax 93.9 87% 104 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 95.8 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 517 Write 661 Mixed 452 122% 543 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 7.86 76% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 3.35 20% 42.9 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 182%
Toshiba MK2555GSX 250GB-$77 5,017 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 233GB free Firmware: FG002C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1017 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6137 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 11470 (0A) Spinup retry count 221 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5451 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 44 504692766 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 645 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3670072 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 346213 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	41.7% Average	Read 69.8 Write 75.6 Mixed 69 54% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.24 68% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 41%
Fujitsu MHW2080BHPL 80GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 71GB free Firmware: 0081001C Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 40110 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 19595264 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 13593 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8589934592000 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 1736 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 5551 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 9537 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 252795 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 210454249504 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 528 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 441974784 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 294 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 433661805400 (F0) Head flying hours 200 200 0	25.6% Poor	Read 44.7 Write 44.5 Mixed 43.8 33% 44.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.31 70% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB 4,782 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.1 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 96%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	357x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	279x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	138x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	84x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	77x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
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 $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	32x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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