Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 21:30
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (46^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 224 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 390 57% 419 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74% Very good	Lighting 95.3 Reflection 100 Parallax 98.4 78% 98 fps	MRender 83 Gravity 84.6 Splatting 78.3 67% 82 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5321 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1104 (B1) Unknown 98 98 38 (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 62 51 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 92 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18610002815	103% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 391 Mixed 408 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 35.7 158% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 47.5 96% 195 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 797GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 66 44 10394 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6136 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3622 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1447 (B5) Unknown 100 100 7033791 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2907 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 51 214749151269 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 71 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6157	63.3% Good	Read 102 Write 119 Mixed 102 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.32 105% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.6% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.6 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 104%

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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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Typical GA-Z170N-WIFI-CF Builds (Compare 476 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI-CF

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	125x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	113x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	59x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	55x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	46x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	44x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	34x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	23x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $349

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 $184	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) $35	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