Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	86.8% 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	83.3% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '18 at 19:03
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 608 8-Core 615 82% 611 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 113 Parallax 110 90% 111 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 98.2 80% 97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 139 141 62 53 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 576 Write 350 Mixed 419 SusWrite 96.8 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 36 170% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 12.3 DQ Mixed 72.9 53% 73.5 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 107%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 347GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 463 283 251 249 251 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 448 Mixed 372 SusWrite 324 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 37.6 146% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 324 244% 327 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 99%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 107 114 120 123 126 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 47.3 Write 99 Mixed 54 SusWrite 117 58% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.4 162% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 68%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 901GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 114 116 116 116 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 75 Write 114 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 116 73% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.7 197% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 44.3 MC Mixed 32.1 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 43.9 SC Mixed 32.8 96% 33.4 GB/s	Latency 46.2 87% 46.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 107%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	182x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	135x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	63x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	54x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $553

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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