Gigabyte GA-Z270N-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 00:57
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 255 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 768 71% 595 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.9% 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 (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 107 Parallax 91.5 85% 101 fps	MRender 83.7 Gravity 87.1 Splatting 87.6 71% 86.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% 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 449 Write 432 Mixed 364 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 45.6 172% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 354 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 686GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 154 148 152 155 153 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 146 Write 154 Mixed 92 SusWrite 153 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.7% 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 (59^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 24.6 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 23 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.1% 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 $241Bench 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 $95Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	8x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $853

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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