Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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	124% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 20:37
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 530 70% 526 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 197 Parallax 201 147% 193 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 176 Splatting 125 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLV256HCHP-00000 256GB 3,154 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7000Q Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 1,254 Write 296 Mixed 466 146% 672 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 24 133% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 447 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 137 166% 293 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 144%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 30GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3718 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2271 (B1) Unknown 98 98 41 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21337812958	96.6% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 402 Mixed 420 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 48.7 4K Mixed 38.9 120% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 113 142% 253 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 74264 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 141 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 37951 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 136 (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 75 67 420675609 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 160 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 68719476761 (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 -105007655419688 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1138105056 (F2) Unknown 100 253 963642058	105% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 182 Mixed 163 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.21 79% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 909GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 156569920 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 153 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1506133 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 236 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 153 (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 75 66 420675609 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 200 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 68719476761 (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 37658273251560 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3352066537 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3512839044	82.3% Excellent	Read 150 Write 137 Mixed 140 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.13 60% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 14GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 130 Write 42 Mixed 50.9 78% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.71 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.83 79% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 30.1 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 38.8 SC Mixed 31.2 88% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

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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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	33x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	23x

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Total price: $985

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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