Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 94.6%, 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	270% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '18 at 03:55
Run Duration	440 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 148 2-Core 290 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 807 82% 665 Pts	64-Core 813 50% 813 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 376A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 206 Parallax 200 144% 194 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 181 Splatting 129 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 289GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2,326 Write 1,770 Mixed 1,807 437% 1,968 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 48.1 194% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 36.2 82% 166 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 340%
Intel Optane+932GBHDD 1TB 6,924 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 252GB free Firmware: 16.0 Max speed: Unknown Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 296 Write 85.6 Mixed 194 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 0.63 56% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 13.5 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 0.29 42% 93.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 88%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10609 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1467 (B1) Unknown 88 88 245 (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 69 51 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 88 (F1) Unknown 99 99 92439523657
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 14GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2461 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 457 (A2) Unknown 100 100 173 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327697 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1471 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2126	54% Above average	Read 500 Write 311 Mixed 247 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 3.35 4K Write 15.7 4K Mixed 7.51 23% 8.84 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 29.4 61% 128 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 97%
WDC WD20 02FAEX-007BA0 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 1TB free, PID 0611 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20% Very poor	Read 37 Write 35.4 Mixed 17.5 36% 30 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.39 90% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 35%
ST1500LM 003-9YH148 1.5TB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 967GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 33.8 Write 37 Mixed 5.52 30% 25.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.14 17% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 32%
JMicron Generic DISK01 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 565GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.9% Above average	Read 137 Write 154 Mixed 90.9 162% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.25 58% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 58%
JMicron Generic DISK00 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 281GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	64.3% Good	Read 118 Write 123 Mixed 79.7 135% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 6.55 4K Mixed 0.55 244% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 64%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 17GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	9.24% Terrible	Read 39.7 Write 8.05 Mixed 9 18% 18.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.97 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.02 28% 2.34 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.24% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.9 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 120%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $250Bench 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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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $994

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