Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 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	Dec 18 '18 at 02:09
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$349 553,688 User benchmarks, average bench 83% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 240 89% 153 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 671 74% 568 Pts	64-Core 678 46% 678 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$188 206,605 User benchmarks, average bench 48% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1338 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 75.2 Reflection 70.6 Parallax 100 61% 82.1 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 74 Splatting 57.8 59% 67.5 fps
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 240GB-$123 1,645 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 327 0 252 325 472 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 497 Mixed 390 SusWrite 286 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 44.3 167% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 190 189% 302 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$58 692,552 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 846GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 166 170 166 172 169 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 130 Write 96.2 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 169 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 3,626 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 31.2 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 30.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%

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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 - $180

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $349Bench 83%, 553,688 samples	318x
Core i5-6600KIntel $195Bench 80%, 315,495 samples	232x
Core i5-6500Intel $235Bench 71%, 198,073 samples	74x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 80%, 1,058,005 samples	158x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 105%, 848,391 samples	84x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,138,057 samples	72x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $149Bench 110%, 645,285 samples	67x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 757,781 samples	57x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $290Bench 203%, 37,100 samples	34x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $102Bench 83%, 494,248 samples	67x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $98Bench 72%, 55,941 samples	49x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $89Bench 71%, 84,104 samples	40x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $1,180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $210	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $50
Intel Core i5-11600K $255	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10600K $210	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $102	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16