Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	107% 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	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '18 at 14:26
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 127 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 710 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1338 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Lighting 74.5 Reflection 70.5 Parallax 100 61% 81.8 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 57.9 53% 66.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 240GB-$123 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 481 480 207 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 500 Mixed 380 SusWrite 389 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 41.7 153% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 189 189% 303 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 563GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 119 120 118 120 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 110 Write 116 Mixed 68.9 SusWrite 118 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 31.1 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 32 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

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Gaming 68%

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Desktop 87%

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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	134x
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 $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) $34	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