Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	62.2% 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '17 at 13:22
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 149 2-Core 300 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 828 84% 680 Pts	64-Core 823 51% 823 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.9% 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: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 148 Parallax 127 111% 137 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 133 Splatting 106 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 9176 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2392 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 438 (64) Unknown 100 100 4771200 (65) Unknown 100 100 1009600 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 110 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 1406 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1315 (B7) Unknown 95 95 23 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 180390068258 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 9176 (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 9176 (E7) Temperature 95 95 5 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8042 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4964 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7112 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6552 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 9176	62.2% Good	Read 457 Write 257 Mixed 254 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 36.8 4K Mixed 8.34 66% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 26.4 69% 149 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 88%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 88GB free Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 18767635 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 -128737349705115 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3637 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1013 (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 18767635 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18767635 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18767635 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21825 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16892 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16892 (F2) Unknown 0 0 34467	60.3% Good	Read 488 Write 120 Mixed 207 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 10.9 92% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 38.7 63% 121 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 897GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 194618606 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1603 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12886279 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 716 (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 66 62 588709922 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1610 (C2) HDA temperature 34 20 85899345954 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 194618606 (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 -126856154052391 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8135518401 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5171791805	97.4% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 160 Mixed 152 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.28 107% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 113%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 450GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 146 141 3700 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15959 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4180 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 930 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15028 (C2) HDA temperature 108 98 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73.3% Very good	Read 129 Write 127 Mixed 120 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.46 110% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 73.3% 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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 24.1 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 27.7 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 98%

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

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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 $242Bench 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 $95Bench 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: $782

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