Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.76% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	166% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '23 at 21:55
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	49.8% Average	Memory 29.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 205 56% 112 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 560 58% 466 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8280 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	5.76% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 8.1 Parallax 7.3 5% 7.23 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 9.8 7% 8.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.76% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Addlink M.2 PCIE G3x4 NVMe 1TB 6,131 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 910GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1131 869 901 897 788 793 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,009 Write 1,261 Mixed 995 SusWrite 897 235% 1,040 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 45 139% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 721 DQ Write 497 DQ Mixed 652 475% 623 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 287%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 163GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 402 410 402 363 373 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 194 Write 314 Mixed 273 SusWrite 383 66% 291 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 13.7 106% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 238 201% 293 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 49GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 401 411 402 363 373 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 363 Write 327 Mixed 354 SusWrite 389 81% 358 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 41.7 141% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 352 265% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C15D4/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G 16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	40.6% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 13.7 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 4.5 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 6.8 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 255 16% 255 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 87%

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

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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 $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 $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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $597

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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