Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	49.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	165% 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	6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160425
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '20 at 19:46
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$163 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 255 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 695 75% 598 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1342 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.1% Average	Lighting 61.3 Reflection 62.5 Parallax 85.3 50% 69.7 fps	MRender 64.4 Gravity 68.9 Splatting 46 48% 59.8 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 157 152 149 148 146 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,407 Write 1,066 Mixed 447 SusWrite 198 172% 780 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 39.6 178% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1012 DQ Write 944 DQ Mixed 859 678% 938 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 236%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 138 141 143 141 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 141 Write 140 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 140 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 84%
DROBO DroboPro 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 865GB free, PID 8d10 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.8% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 34.3 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 3.7 34% 25.6 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.2 147% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 18%
DROBO DroboPro 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 2TB free, PID 8d10 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 31 31 31 31 31 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	22.6% Poor	Read 32.3 Write 35 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 29.3 44% 32.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.2 137% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 18%
DROBO DroboPro 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 792GB free, PID 8d10 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0.1 0 0 15 34 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18.4% Very poor	Read 31.5 Write 33.8 Mixed 32 SusWrite 8.3 35% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.2 143% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.6% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.7 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 111%

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Gaming 68%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 - $120

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	185x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	138x
Core i7-7700KIntel $229Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	64x
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 $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	16x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	30x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	21x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $38Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $270	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353