Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '18 at 00:11
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 688 67% 552 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 155 Parallax 137 109% 142 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 135 Splatting 109 96% 118 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$84 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 248 198 205 121 92 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 410 Write 362 Mixed 216 SusWrite 195 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 38.2 138% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 202 182% 277 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 107%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 209GB free Firmware: LF1i SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 162 164 160 130 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 369 Write 119 Mixed 191 SusWrite 147 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 17.2 4K Mixed 22.3 82% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 68.7 DQ Mixed 86.8 74% 111 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 922GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 173 174 174 175 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 71.7 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 174 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 636GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 149 150 150 150 153 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 142 Write 135 Mixed 92 SusWrite 149 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 166 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	68.2% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 18.3 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 97%

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

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 - $192

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	483x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	113x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	122x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	93x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	83x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	35x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	35x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	43x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	33x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	23x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $986

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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