Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.3% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '18 at 13:32
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 769 77% 624 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 198 Parallax 201 148% 194 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 181 Splatting 128 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$116 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 92 68 63 67 60 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 398 Mixed 300 SusWrite 97.4 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 50.5 180% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 169 172% 281 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 108%
Samsung MZVLV128HCGR-00000 128GB 1,135 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 117GB free Firmware: BXV7000Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 150 150 150 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 736 Write 154 Mixed 205 SusWrite 150 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 32.7 165% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 555 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 235 204% 315 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 111%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 295GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 463 470 463 436 286 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 455 Mixed 432 SusWrite 426 101% 446 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 57.8 199% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 273% 366 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 129%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 443GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 96 96 95 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 110 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 94.2 68% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 21.9 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 24.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 90%

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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 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	181x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	135x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $558

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