Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '18 at 11:26
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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-$242 712,312 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 (97^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 148 2-Core 285 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 727 75% 604 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 80.3 Reflection 79.5 Parallax 76.2 66% 78.7 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 74.2 60% 72.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 178 6075 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 160 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 154 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7403 (C2) HDA temperature 118 110 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.8% Very good	Read 140 Write 124 Mixed 120 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.07 34% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 84%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 398GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 94 90 2006 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 751 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3430 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 132 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5588 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1862 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3187 (C2) HDA temperature 64 62 201864445981 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 44092 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 132 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 88062	33.7% Below average	Read 64.6 Write 52.7 Mixed 59.4 44% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.3 80% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 135GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 93 25327487 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9923 (05) Reallocated sector count 42 42 2408 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 5226396813 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19547 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4917 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 98 339308839065 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 538116128 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 47244640288 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 23 25327487 (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 -27908697456650 (F1) Unknown 100 253 285561666 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1448154481	50.1% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 77.1 Mixed 89.7 66% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.31 79% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 21GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 212510776 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11607 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5326008 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11265 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4897 (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 67 52 554827809 (C2) HDA temperature 33 48 47244640289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 5 212510776 (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 -107073534665725 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3635429373 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2886106881	40.2% Average	Read 73.6 Write 66.3 Mixed 63.4 51% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.33 83% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 70%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 220GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 97.9 Write 99.1 Mixed 75.8 115% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.27 36% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 27.1 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 28.7 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 104%

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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 $242Bench 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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Total price: $986

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