Gigabyte GA-Z270N-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '18 at 02:10
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 244 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 662 61% 511 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 101 Parallax 101 85% 102 fps	MRender 88.4 Gravity 93.8 Splatting 93.4 76% 91.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 488 Write 312 Mixed 370 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 64.1 202% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 345 263% 355 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 684GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 144 136 148 153 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 130 Write 115 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 145 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.3 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 1,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 24.9 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 88%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 77%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270N-Gaming 5

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	56x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	27x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	12x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	23x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	15x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	12x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	7x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	10x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	8x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $862

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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