Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	171% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180110
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 09:24
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 153 2-Core 298 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 839 84% 682 Pts	64-Core 840 52% 840 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 197 Parallax 180 155% 189 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 184 Splatting 127 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 192GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24384 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1525 (B1) Unknown 95 95 104 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 43 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 297 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34550203390	112% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 411 Mixed 421 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 45 177% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 27.4 91% 200 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,958 Write 547 Mixed 842 243% 1,116 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 34.1 185% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 48.4 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 34 47% 82.4 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 353%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 73 215506777 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4143 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13901945 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -54275501712708 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 690 (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 70 54 555614238 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 3594 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9777 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 77309411358 (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 136790413414138 (F1) Unknown 100 253 71991131 (F2) Unknown 100 253 143515646	98.4% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 169 Mixed 132 118% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.28 105% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-4000 2x8GB 2,411 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44% Average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 13.4 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 13.5 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 45.3 88% 45.3 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 125%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 - $192

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	484x
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 $94Bench 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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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 $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