Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	108% 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	116% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '17 at 00:25
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$250 712,312 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)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 794 86% 683 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 153 Parallax 131 117% 142 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 136 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 707 Write 289 Mixed 365 99% 454 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 282 4K Mixed 18.7 224% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 34.7 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 57 73% 123 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 891GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 70 63 11516580 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 728 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4918764 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 908 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 443 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 62 555352096 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 729 (C2) HDA temperature 32 20 85899345952 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 11516580 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -79448305040569 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2789242296 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2769739833	98.9% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 169 Mixed 155 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.26 103% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 113%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 401GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 141 2958 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14379 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3908 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 876 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13502 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 33 (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	70.7% Very good	Read 121 Write 125 Mixed 122 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.44 118% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C17 2x8GB 2,430 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.8% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 19.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 98%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	663x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	147x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	169x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	157x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	129x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	25x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $790

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