Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	36.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '18 at 07:27
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 610 67% 532 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 152 Parallax 130 116% 141 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 136 Splatting 109 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 60GB 2,308 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7511 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2242 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 21 (AD) Unknown 100 100 252182903 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8366599	36.7% Below average	Read 291 Write 30.4 Mixed 28.5 25% 117 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 60.2 4K Mixed 4.97 76% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 63.3 DQ Mixed 2.61 15% 32.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 70%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 131 131 34386411926 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 15 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 227634577446 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	75.8% Very good	Read 133 Write 131 Mixed 131 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 3.57 4K Mixed 0.56 167% 1.69 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 402GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 87 151894731 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20968 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 419291345 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23097 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7611 (B7) Unknown 19 19 81 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1013 (BC) Unknown 100 93 115966870495 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 43 9128181792 (C2) HDA temperature 32 57 64424509472 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 21 151894731 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 19 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -118717190982998 (F1) Unknown 100 253 701760783 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4058147636	54.4% Above average	Read 97.9 Write 91.5 Mixed 89.5 70% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.57 126% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 68%
Hitachi HUA722010CLA331 1TB 3,286 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 282GB free Firmware: JP4OA3NH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 94 (03) Spinup time 119 119 25790710077 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3559 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17935 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3501 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3561 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3561 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 261993922593 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	74.3% Very good	Read 124 Write 135 Mixed 115 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.4 101% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.6% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 20.3 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 22.8 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 107%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	664x
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	158x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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