Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	59.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2048 x 1152 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '17 at 02:02
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 as expected (46^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 81.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 262 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 747 74% 605 Pts	64-Core 752 47% 752 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84% 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 374E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 198 Parallax 173 142% 182 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 168 Splatting 127 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -103809358628068 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2379 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2368 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 531759 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 531759 (F2) Unknown 100 100 479498 (F9) Unknown 100 100 21359	59.5% Above average	Read 497 Write 117 Mixed 166 56% 260 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 11.7 92% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 35.5 56% 106 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 431GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 238892856 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7592 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 103249485 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19013 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1572 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 56389468193 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 41 41 119454 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 -140737488355295 (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 -3015067033804 (F1) Unknown 100 253 63602438713 (F2) Unknown 100 253 85809509201	65.9% Good	Read 104 Write 126 Mixed 151 97% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.24 61% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 356GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 142 Write 117 Mixed 126 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.16 77% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 104%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 98GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 141 3783 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10723 (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 98 98 2338 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 150 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10572 (C2) HDA temperature 108 93 35 (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 30654 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.4% Average	Read 85.9 Write 86.1 Mixed 78 63% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.53 119% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 69%
BUFFALO External HDD 1TB 329 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 789GB free, PID 01ba Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 40.7 Write 42.3 Mixed 18.1 41% 33.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.49 65% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 3,988 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.2% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.7 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.3 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 105%

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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