Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% 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	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	265% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 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 28 '20 at 00:54
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

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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 94.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 713 76% 604 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 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)	60.2% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 70.8 Parallax 98.4 63% 82.1 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 60.2 55% 68.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate BarraCuda 510 SSD ZP500CM30001 500GB 3,097 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: STPSC014 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2203 2230 850 673 548 558 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 1,492 Write 2,239 Mixed 1,680 SusWrite 1,177 373% 1,647 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 197 4K Mixed 60.8 254% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,468 DQ Write 1091 DQ Mixed 1262 948% 1,274 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 281%
Patriot Ignite 240GB-$123 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 216GB free Firmware: 01.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 499 500 498 499 499 500 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 501 Mixed 358 SusWrite 499 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 44.5 168% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 192 191% 306 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 195 196 194 195 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 166 Mixed 89.8 SusWrite 194 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 114% 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 31 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 32 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ 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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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	136x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	63x
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 $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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $558

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16