Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	76.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '18 at 07:06
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (44^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 279 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 760 73% 601 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% 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 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 203 Parallax 183 140% 186 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 177 Splatting 127 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 6GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 452 Write 451 Mixed 390 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 60.6 207% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 152 144 146 153 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 317 Write 206 Mixed 208 SusWrite 150 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 35.3 148% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 107 110% 181 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 82%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 45GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 68 69 68 70 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 70 Write 59.5 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 68.7 42% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 61%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 96GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 67 69 68 68 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 84.2 Write 69.5 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 68.1 53% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 84%

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 (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.6% 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 K5

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	665x
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 $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	25x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $786

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 $179	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