Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	113% 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 Drive	75.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '17 at 08:58
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 153 2-Core 311 101% 186 Pts	4-Core 609 8-Core 610 82% 610 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2532 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 152 Parallax 148 126% 151 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 144 Splatting 109 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 127GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 365 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 39 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 50 214750199842 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3074547575 (F7) Unknown 100 100 96643634 (F8) Unknown 100 100 36916269 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1934 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	87.1% Excellent	Read 487 Write 336 Mixed 342 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 26.7 116% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 45.8 96% 200 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 99%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8625220 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -15418932587800 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2080 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 349 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 46 94492295200 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 94492295200 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8625220 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8625220 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8625220 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7910 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6007 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6007 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8043	75.8% Very good	Read 502 Write 172 Mixed 239 66% 304 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 18.3 126% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 57.7 82% 151 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 72 72% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 3.45 4K Mixed 0.47 156% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 859B CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBR1 16GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2800, 2800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 27.1 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 28.2 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 94%

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Workstation 57%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	183x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	136x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 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 $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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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