Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% 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	179% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170106
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '17 at 03:35
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 130 2-Core 262 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 725 75% 602 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2507 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 157 Parallax 135 123% 148 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 144 Splatting 113 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 225GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10755 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2085 (B1) Unknown 94 94 62 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 564 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35162867403	72.6% Very good	Read 492 Write 344 Mixed 347 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 15.6 88% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 35.9 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 16.9 49% 98.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 118%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,879 Write 1,122 Mixed 1,171 307% 1,391 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 20.6 109% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 40.3 DQ Write 89.8 DQ Mixed 18.3 27% 49.5 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 26956608 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4641 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 373902125776 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15934 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2759 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475164191 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 605224991 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 686 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 33 33 134978 (C2) HDA temperature 31 51 30064771103 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -135136850989691 (F1) Unknown 100 253 83608111462799 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41721891541692	100% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 178 Mixed 158 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.37 114% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%
PNY USB3.0FD 32GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 29GB free, PID 00ea Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 89.7 Write 5.91 Mixed 9.85 28% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 9.62 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 37% 3.21 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2500 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 27.2 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 27.6 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	180x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	135x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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