Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	52.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '17 at 17:17
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 146 2-Core 281 98% 175 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 790 82% 660 Pts	64-Core 808 50% 808 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 146GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 550 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 403 (A2) Unknown 100 100 197 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65541 (AE) Unknown 100 100 203 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 203 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 519 (F2) Unknown 100 100 936
Poor: 56% Great: 97%
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 146GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2610 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 705 (A2) Unknown 100 100 240 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327691 (AE) Unknown 100 100 188 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 188 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1680 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2857
Poor: 56% Great: 97%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 6744264 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 23622320140056 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2091 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 472 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6744264 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6744264 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6744264 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11385 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11638 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11638 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11311	52.9% Above average	Read 209 Write 164 Mixed 143 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 13.7 93% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 17 56% 120 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 66%
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 87GB free Firmware: 5.05A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4686377 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 121624883909583 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1626 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 402 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 81607262239 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4686377 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4686377 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4686377 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3690 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2906 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2906 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3220	79.3% Very good	Read 409 Write 266 Mixed 260 69% 312 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 19.6 120% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 67.5 104% 197 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 93%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 966GB free Firmware: 50.0AB50 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 161 6483 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2804 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2200 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 367 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 102 102 295027 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.1% Above average	Read 101 Write 91.2 Mixed 79.6 68% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.18 66% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 44.2 MC Mixed 31.1 111% 39 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 48 SC Mixed 34.4 101% 35.4 GB/s	Latency 46.2 86% 46.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 115%

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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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	33x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	23x

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Total price: $960

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