Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics86.6% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160310
Uptime4.3 Days
Run DateMar 22 '18 at 06:22
Run Duration293 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 76%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
82.8% Excellent
Memory 91.3
1-Core 113
2-Core 219
81% 141 Pts
4-Core 401
8-Core 646
64% 524 Pts
64-Core 646
40% 646 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
86.6% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 116
Parallax 98.2
90% 108 fps
MRender 95.5
Gravity 101
Splatting 97.2
80% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Red Pro 2TB (2014)-$140
937GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 81.00A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
57.6% Above average
Read 107
Write 94.5
Mixed 102
76% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.13
4K Write 0.93
4K Mixed 0.22
48% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 57.6%
Great: 93%
SanDisk Cruzer Facet 8GB
7GB free, PID 5576
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
14% Very poor
Read 37.4
Write 5.16
Mixed 6.82
15% 16.5 MB/s
4K Read 4.18
4K Write 2.09
4K Mixed 1.21
128% 2.49 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 14%
Great: 13%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
71.3% Very good
MC Read 27.1
MC Write 27.6
MC Mixed 21.1
72% 25.3 GB/s
SC Read 15.8
SC Write 25.1
SC Mixed 20.7
59% 20.5 GB/s
Latency 65.3
61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 71.3%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 1,346 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $617
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