Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.3% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '21 at 17:11
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^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-$300 588,541 User benchmarks, average bench 83% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 201 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 392 50% 370 Pts	64-Core 393 26% 393 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$110 302,404 User benchmarks, average bench 18% Zotac(19DA 288A) 1GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Lighting 21.3 Reflection 17.8 Parallax 20.8 17% 20 fps	MRender 24.8 Gravity 22.8 Splatting 16.5 19% 21.4 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$89 849,566 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 241 240 205 196 173 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 372 Write 360 Mixed 302 SusWrite 228 71% 315 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 31.9 4K Mixed 29 99% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 180 148% 221 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 123%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 255,011 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 56GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 299 303 295 309 305 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 412 Write 345 Mixed 338 SusWrite 303 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 32.4 114% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 92.4 DQ Mixed 172 143% 216 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$100 3,773 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 78 73 80 95 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 67.8 Write 76.3 Mixed 40.9 SusWrite 80.5 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 0.6 217% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 86%
Seagate ST5000LM000-2AN170 5TB 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 432GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 52 50 46 51 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 63.9 Write 63.8 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 50.4 41% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.5 137% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$67 66,204 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 17.5 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 15.9 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	26"	1280 720	ROW0000

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 - $180

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $300Bench 83%, 588,541 samples	413x
Core i5-6600KIntel $215Bench 79%, 351,967 samples	305x
Core i5-6500Intel $202Bench 72%, 221,872 samples	97x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,234,782 samples	197x
GTX 1080Nvidia $500Bench 105%, 915,325 samples	117x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,300,415 samples	101x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 110%, 710,750 samples	102x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $89Bench 104%, 849,566 samples	66x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $199Bench 200%, 37,914 samples	42x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $72Bench 82%, 576,174 samples	82x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $60Bench 71%, 96,275 samples	60x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $67Bench 72%, 66,204 samples	57x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $850

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200
Intel Core i7-12700K $350	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $72	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16