Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics77.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive122% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160425
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateJan 15 '19 at 10:18
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User PHL-User
Background CPU 40%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Memory 92.2
1-Core 127
2-Core 252
88% 157 Pts
4-Core 435
8-Core 685
69% 560 Pts
64-Core 670
42% 670 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
77.5% Very good
Lighting 94.3
Reflection 111
Parallax 90.8
77% 98.7 fps
MRender 95.1
Gravity 93.2
Splatting 99.3
79% 95.9 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$70
78GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 192 193 214 80 36 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
122% Outstanding
Read 508
Write 327
Mixed 773
SusWrite 171
100% 444 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 47.5
176% 67.4 MB/s
DQ Read 976
DQ Write 691
DQ Mixed 629
525% 765 MB/s
Poor: 116%
This bench: 122%
Great: 242%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
75% Very good
MC Read 27.4
MC Write 28.1
MC Mixed 23.2
75% 26.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 29.3
SC Mixed 23.4
67% 23.5 GB/s
Latency 63.7
63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 75%
Great: 95%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 500 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $581
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