Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '17 at 01:25
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 793 85% 678 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.1% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 124 Parallax 98.4 94% 112 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 131 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4822 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1617 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 346 (64) Unknown 100 100 2816736 (65) Unknown 100 100 630688 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 97 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 830 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1315 (B7) Unknown 97 97 14 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 180390068258 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4822 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 4822 (E7) Temperature 97 97 3 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4543 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2847 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4016 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2893 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 4822	70.9% Very good	Read 467 Write 259 Mixed 256 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 11 93% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 27.4 73% 160 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 88%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 112GB free Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8943925 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 86852828684101 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3519 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 978 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 73 64429293603 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8943925 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8943925 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8943925 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20990 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16056 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16056 (F2) Unknown 0 0 32558	71.7% Very good	Read 499 Write 131 Mixed 217 61% 282 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 13.9 130% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 39.5 62% 118 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 447GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 63 243977010 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1144 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9009506 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1757 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 598 (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 65 62 605552675 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1147 (C2) HDA temperature 35 20 85899345955 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 243977010 (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 56087977920032 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5761413768 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4025126439	99.7% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 164 Mixed 149 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.28 97% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 113%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 197GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 146 141 3691 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15182 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23881 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4062 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 900 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14281 (C2) HDA temperature 107 98 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	58.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 104 Mixed 94 75% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.54 128% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 58.7% 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 @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 21.7 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 25.2 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.4% 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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	666x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	147x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	169x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	159x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	129x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $82Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $30Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	25x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $570

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $47	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16