Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.7% 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	147% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160310
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '20 at 16:09
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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-$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 (64^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 106 2-Core 243 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 700 66% 549 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 114 Parallax 103 80% 105 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 92.4 Splatting 99.5 78% 95.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 309 288 274 278 268 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 1,054 Write 947 Mixed 678 SusWrite 295 166% 744 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 57.7 200% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 837 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 600 430% 567 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 219%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: 0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 193 201 197 195 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 170 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 196 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.8 186% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 720GB free Firmware: 0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 135 129 134 137 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 132 Write 124 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 134 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.5 157% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 94GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 101 98 99 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 58.9 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 98.2 59% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 180 177 173 168 175 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 108 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 165 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.5 200% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 C15 Series 2x8GB 4,460 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.9 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 23.9 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 89%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	349x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	272x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	76x

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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	28x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $585

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