Gigabyte GA-Z270N-WIFI

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.77% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.
SystemGigabyte Z270N-WIFI
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270N-WIFI  (all builds)
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170424
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 02 '19 at 16:32
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
84.1% Excellent
Memory 84.4
1-Core 131
2-Core 254
87% 157 Pts
4-Core 487
8-Core 467
64% 477 Pts
64-Core 508
31% 508 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6323
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.77% Terrible
Lighting 8.2
Reflection 10.6
Parallax 8.19
7% 8.99 fps
MRender 10.6
Gravity 7.43
Splatting 16.4
10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.77%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69
16GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 707
Write 577
Mixed 482
131% 589 MB/s
4K Read 30.6
4K Write 92.2
4K Mixed 44.6
152% 55.8 MB/s
DQ Read 517
DQ Write 606
DQ Mixed 447
368% 523 MB/s
Poor: 83% Great: 185%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
572GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 119 129 131 130 127 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
74.7% Very good
Read 133
Write 129
Mixed 75.5
SusWrite 127
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1.1
203% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 74.7%
Great: 108%
WD My Book 25EE 3TB
2TB free, PID 25ee
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 118 125 124 124 124 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
50.8% Above average
Read 116
Write 120
Mixed 89.6
SusWrite 123
153% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
116% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 50.8%
Great: 91%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (37th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
69.6% Good
MC Read 25.9
MC Write 26.8
MC Mixed 20.9
70% 24.5 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 26.4
SC Mixed 21.7
61% 21.4 GB/s
Latency 72.7
55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 69.6%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z270N-WIFI-CF Builds (Compare 269 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270N-WIFI - $339

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $873
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