Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	32.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151015
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '17 at 14:09
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 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 (97^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 121 2-Core 236 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 461 62% 461 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 89.5 Parallax 76.3 68% 83 fps	MRender 82.4 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 71.1 62% 76.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
FM-25S2S-60GBP2 60GB 206 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 102 13675756 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -12472585018535 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1968 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 129 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 129 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 106 102 13675756 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4160 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4800 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4800 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8320	32.3% Below average	Read 188 Write 62 Mixed 93.3 25% 114 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 6.6 61% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 61.4 DQ Mixed 7.53 26% 57.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 51%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 339GB free Firmware: 0711 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 119 Write 122 Mixed 89.5 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 6.95 4K Mixed 0.56 221% 2.74 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 104%
Toshiba MK1255GSX H 120GB 1,072 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 14GB free Firmware: FG001Q Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^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 1015 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4141 (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 82 82 7208 (0A) Spinup retry count 182 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2567 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 366 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 148133 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 236223987748 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 69 (DE) Loaded hours 92 92 3389 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 316 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	26.1% Poor	Read 39.8 Write 50.9 Mixed 57.1 38% 49.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.2 55% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 28.6 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 26.4 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 86%

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI-CF

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	113x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	59x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	55x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	46x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	44x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	34x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	10x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	23x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $349

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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