Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive87.7% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170306
Uptime11 Days
Run DateMay 27 '20 at 16:01
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User IDN-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
90.2% Outstanding
Memory 91.6
1-Core 128
2-Core 254
88% 158 Pts
4-Core 479
8-Core 700
74% 589 Pts
64-Core 688
43% 688 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 90.2%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Gigabyte(1458 3774) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 147
Parallax 124
107% 134 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 131
Splatting 105
95% 117 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKJW240H6 240GB
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RG11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 170 199 187 204 215 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
87.7% Excellent
Read 396
Write 224
Mixed 281
SusWrite 192
61% 273 MB/s
4K Read 34.5
4K Write 97.8
4K Mixed 42.1
158% 58.1 MB/s
DQ Read 295
DQ Write 226
DQ Mixed 158
146% 226 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 87.7%
Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130
794GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 391 483 485 486 485 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
132% Outstanding
Read 493
Write 448
Mixed 380
SusWrite 449
100% 442 MB/s
4K Read 48.2
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 65.3
221% 78.2 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 362
272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 132%
Great: 133%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85
859GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 119 122 120 121 121 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
71.1% Very good
Read 128
Write 102
Mixed 82.5
SusWrite 120
80% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 71.1%
Great: 101%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (35th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
76.4% Very good
MC Read 27.6
MC Write 28.8
MC Mixed 23.9
76% 26.8 GB/s
SC Read 17.5
SC Write 29.7
SC Mixed 24.7
68% 24 GB/s
Latency 64.8
62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 76.4%
Great: 109%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 501 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $581
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