Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.6% 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 Drive	143% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '17 at 21:38
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 777 79% 639 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.6% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 144 Parallax 121 102% 130 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 122 Splatting 104 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 256GB 4,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 178GB free Firmware: 5.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^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 0 (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 100 100 8946 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 195 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 180 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1441795 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 193 193 12895191091 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1082 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (C2) HDA temperature 68 68 137440395296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 28381193984 (EA) Unknown 100 100 18759080960 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9351317702 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5175449838	83.4% Excellent	Read 490 Write 259 Mixed 333 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 23.4 141% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 29.8 60% 113 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 97%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 1,390 Write 576 Mixed 802 202% 923 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 26 164% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 34.7 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 25.8 42% 75.6 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 157%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 499GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12897026232 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3990 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8484 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 206 (C0) Power-off retract count 87 87 15676 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 15676 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 253404053536 (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	85.5% Excellent	Read 153 Write 145 Mixed 143 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.18 69% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GB 14,178 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 26.1 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 30 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 97%

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Gaming 68%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 - $120

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	180x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	135x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	62x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	54x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	16x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $581

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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