Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 99.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	81.5% 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.
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.

High background CPU (23%). 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	14 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 14 '17 at 17:47
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 604 81% 604 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.4% 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: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2540 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 154 Parallax 135 126% 148 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 145 Splatting 112 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 153GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd 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 26 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 372 (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 3118950343 (F7) Unknown 100 100 98075041 (F8) Unknown 100 100 37035566 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1934 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	84.8% Excellent	Read 486 Write 311 Mixed 328 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 26.3 114% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 47.6 95% 195 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 99%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 18891494 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 19576460940023 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2087 (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 33 46 94492295201 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 94492295201 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18891494 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18891494 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18891494 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8073 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6163 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6163 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8107	81.5% Excellent	Read 497 Write 175 Mixed 238 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 23.8 142% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 63.7 89% 165 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 101 Write 114 Mixed 77.9 73% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 3.43 4K Mixed 0.37 124% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 62.1% 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 34.6 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 27.2 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 27.7 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 94%

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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	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 $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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $558

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 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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