Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	230% 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 K5 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '18 at 11:43
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 749 78% 624 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 152 Parallax 141 115% 145 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 112 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT240M500SSD1 4TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 545GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 152 11025 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2172 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22472 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 195 (10) Unknown 22 178 398691982374 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2145 (C2) HDA temperature 120 98 32 (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	12.2% Very poor	Read 123 Write 107 Mixed 116 26% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.21 2% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 17%
Kingston SM2280S3G2480G 480GB 1,177 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 45GB free Firmware: SAFM01.V Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8681 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 227 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 430 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196624 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C2) HDA temperature 57 44 240519086123 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1342 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1335 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1791 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3 (F5) Unknown 100 100 16 (F6) Unknown 100 100 435136	96.7% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 503 Mixed 510 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 14.1 115% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 62.9 107% 208 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 107%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 2,044 Write 1,245 Mixed 1,116 324% 1,468 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 47.8 187% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 410 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 153 164% 276 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 254%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 748GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 173 5975 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7752 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8758 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 465 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 176 176 72923 (C2) HDA temperature 123 111 27 (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	61.8% Good	Read 118 Write 97.4 Mixed 117 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.21 83% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 96%
WD Red 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$151 1,952 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 616GB free Firmware: 0A82 Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 55.5 Write 59.3 Mixed 70.2 47% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.12 71% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 62%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 547GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 172 7908 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12180 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11811 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 850 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 58671 (C2) HDA temperature 125 113 27 (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	70.2% Very good	Read 133 Write 111 Mixed 117 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.16 77% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 312GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 177 7641 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13362 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18408 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2037 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 145 145 165124 (C2) HDA temperature 123 95 29 (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	64% Good	Read 128 Write 95.3 Mixed 115 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.19 72% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.9% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 112%

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

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

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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 $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