Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 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	Jan 21 '19 at 23:17
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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-$299 504,930 User benchmarks, average bench 83% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 90% 155 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 663 68% 534 Pts	64-Core 674 45% 674 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$188 201,214 User benchmarks, average bench 48% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1338 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60% Good	Lighting 75.2 Reflection 71.2 Parallax 90.5 61% 79 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 74 Splatting 57.9 59% 67.5 fps
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 240GB-$123 1,602 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 473 492 493 484 227 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 503 Mixed 387 SusWrite 434 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 44 164% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 190 190% 304 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$58 644,973 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 181 175 185 184 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 151 Mixed 83.6 SusWrite 183 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 3,550 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 31.1 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 30.9 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

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

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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 $299Bench 83%, 504,930 samples	312x
Core i5-6600KIntel $188Bench 81%, 290,890 samples	224x
Core i5-6500Intel $235Bench 71%, 210,312 samples	70x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,100,904 samples	152x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 850,334 samples	82x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,100,889 samples	67x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 111%, 696,417 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 104%, 758,733 samples	54x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $290Bench 198%, 36,255 samples	34x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 82%, 440,698 samples	65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $70Bench 72%, 51,966 samples	49x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $89Bench 72%, 79,760 samples	39x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,022

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $180	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $48
Intel Core i5-11600K $265	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $315	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16