Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 93.5%, 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	252% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 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 20 '20 at 23:41
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^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 (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 647 74% 577 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.5% 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: 20.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 76.8 Reflection 70.8 Parallax 89.3 63% 79 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 73.7 Splatting 60 55% 68.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate BarraCuda 510 SSD ZP500CM30001 500GB 3,097 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 376GB free (System drive) Firmware: STPSC014 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1656 1728 601 605 606 638 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 1,551 Write 2,294 Mixed 1,659 SusWrite 972 366% 1,619 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 69.7 237% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,404 DQ Write 1166 DQ Mixed 1,304 971% 1,291 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 281%
Patriot Ignite 240GB-$123 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 223GB free Firmware: 01.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 498 497 499 499 499 499 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 503 Mixed 360 SusWrite 498 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 44.4 169% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 191 190% 303 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 193 195 195 193 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 169 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 193 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 116% 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)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 31.1 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 32 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	182x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	135x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	63x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	54x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $553

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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