Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 39.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '19 at 06:26
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 1.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	39.8% Below average	Memory 56.5 1-Core 22.4 2-Core 44.2 29% 41 Pts	4-Core 125 8-Core 349 26% 237 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$110 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,248 Write 2,604 Mixed 2,649 700% 3,167 MB/s	4K Read 296 4K Write 357 4K Mixed 15.6 657% 223 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 378 270% 343 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 50GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 346 364 361 371 361 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 447 Write 52.3 Mixed 373 SusWrite 359 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 34.8 111% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 282 216% 293 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 134%
Crucial_ CT525MX300SSD1 525GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 8GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 42 41 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 39.5 Write 40.5 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 41.1 55% 40.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 12.8 4K Mixed 9 769% 9.77 MB/s	DQ Read 10.7 DQ Write 19.3 DQ Mixed 13.9 1,169% 14.6 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 4,021 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 23 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 8 21% 7.5 GB/s	Latency 138 29% 138 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 136%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	185x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	136x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	64x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	54x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	54x

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 $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	16x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	30x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	21x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16