Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.8% 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	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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151026
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '19 at 18:32
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 149 2-Core 296 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 571 77% 574 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.3.3 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Lighting 82.4 Reflection 58.2 Parallax 124 67% 88.1 fps	MRender 58.9 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 75 63% 76.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 134 141 153 144 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 278 Write 211 Mixed 222 SusWrite 144 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 37.9 144% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 151 113% 150 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 85%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 77 77 78 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 117 Write 114 Mixed 83 SusWrite 76.6 72% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 515GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 132 133 132 132 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 97 Write 96.2 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 131 71% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 113%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -1 128GB 96 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 107GB free, PID 0301 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 36 37 36 37 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 42 Write 35.5 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 36.2 50% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 2.6 177% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 38%
Seagate Expansion Desk 160GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 149GB free, PID 3312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 71 69 71 70 72 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.3% Below average	Read 75.3 Write 73.7 Mixed 57 SusWrite 70.1 93% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 81% 1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 21.2 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 22.7 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI-CF

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	127x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	114x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	59x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	55x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	46x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	46x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	35x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	33x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	10x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	23x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $383

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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