Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	218% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 02:38
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

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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-$241 712,312 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 (96^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 276 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 749 76% 613 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3721) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Lighting 72.8 Reflection 70.2 Parallax 62.4 59% 68.5 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 68.1 Splatting 71.6 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,972 Write 1,336 Mixed 1,165 330% 1,491 MB/s	4K Read 55.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 29.4 184% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 57.7 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 30.5 43% 77 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 939GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 93 147892336 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2349 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 24 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 68596818 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3176 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1586 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 116 (BC) Unknown 100 99 38655295497 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 505085982 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8096 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 47244640286 (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 -79053168047604 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19794730154 (F2) Unknown 100 253 141896021497	93.3% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 155 Mixed 155 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.19 82% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 26.2 94% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 27.4 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 101%

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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 5 - $192

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	33x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	23x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $985

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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