Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

24 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '22 at 03:18
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 220 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 364 46% 351 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 517.48 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 92.8 Reflection 148 Parallax 86.5 76% 109 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 96.4 Splatting 96.6 78% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$145 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 688GB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 440 452 481 481 483 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 425 Mixed 402 SusWrite 461 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 51.7 177% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 128%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 433 Write 444 Mixed 366 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 58.4 191% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	70.3% Very good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 21.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 21.1 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 78.3 51% 78.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 86%

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Typical GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 507 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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 $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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Total price: $553

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16