Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	159% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '18 at 12:46
Run Duration	331 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 125 2-Core 225 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 578 62% 490 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 150 Parallax 140 115% 144 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 134 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,362 Write 550 Mixed 740 194% 884 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 45.4 180% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 431 DQ Mixed 98.8 146% 269 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 157%
Seagate BUP BL 5TB 976 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0108 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 120 Write 116 Mixed 82 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 4.55 4K Mixed 0.51 174% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 66%
Seagate BUP SL 4TB 1,990 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 71 Write 77.4 Mixed 58.2 52% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 6.35 4K Mixed 0.44 207% 2.58 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 67%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 534GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 82.8 Write 107 Mixed 99.4 73% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.36 81% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 102GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 83.1 Write 68.7 Mixed 72.7 94% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.15 39% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 43%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 12GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 57.6 Write 53.4 Mixed 50.2 68% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.17 67% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 44%
Seagate USB 3.0 Cable 1TB 537 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 3GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	8.6% Terrible	Read 32.5 Write 15.3 Mixed 14.6 23% 20.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.16 4K Mixed 0.12 11% 0.19 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.6% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x16GB 8,931 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.3% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 11.4 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12.9 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 57%

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Typical GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 501 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	181x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	135x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	62x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	54x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $581

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16