Gigabyte GA-Z270N-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	22.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	196% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270N-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170123
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '17 at 17:48
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 795 86% 683 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2871) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Lighting 26.7 Reflection 25.2 Parallax 32.5 22% 28.1 fps	MRender 33.3 Gravity 30.9 Splatting 26.3 24% 30.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 2,182 Write 1,141 Mixed 1,296 339% 1,539 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 16.9 100% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 37.5 DQ Write 426 DQ Mixed 16.8 77% 160 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 236%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 141 141 34385166759 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 29 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 29 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 158915100707 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	110% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 194 Mixed 168 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.21 112% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 27.1 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 30.9 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 47.1 85% 47.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270N-Gaming 5

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	8x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $842

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 $40	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