Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.8% 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-Z170N-WIFI-CF (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 23:53
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 234 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 694 67% 554 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4990) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.6% Very good	Lighting 91.6 Reflection 101 Parallax 92.9 75% 95.2 fps	MRender 86.1 Gravity 88.6 Splatting 61.1 63% 78.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 87%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.38% Terrible	Lighting 7.97 Reflection 11.1 Parallax 8.72 6% 9.25 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 14.5 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.38% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Ultra II 500GB 3,299 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 233GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 305 286 280 284 282 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 409 Mixed 243 SusWrite 292 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 47.8 167% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 50.8 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 153 104% 123 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 109%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 4GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 496 Write 470 Mixed 411 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 63.8 214% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 65 106% 199 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 90 90 90 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 89 Write 84.2 Mixed 60 SusWrite 89.3 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 96%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 49GB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 87 86 82 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 76.7 Write 90.5 Mixed 20.3 SusWrite 84.7 49% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.5 185% 2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 88%
Lacie Rugged USB-C 2TB 944 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 806GB free Firmware: 1153 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 101 103 103 102 96 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 59.8 Write 93 Mixed 85 SusWrite 98.2 62% 84 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.6 174% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 67%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 79GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 53 53 53 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 52.5 Write 53.2 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 53.5 67% 49.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 53%
Multi Flash Reader 64GB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 25GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 17 20 20 20 20 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	8.59% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 19 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 18.2 21% 15.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 1.8 89% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.59% Great: 17%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 113 108 114 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 102 Write 108 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 110 130% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.2 109% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.5 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $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