Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	122% 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.

Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '18 at 15:14
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	87%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 83.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 695 73% 584 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2079 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 146 Parallax 124 112% 136 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 132 Splatting 111 94% 116 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 290GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 407 468 470 409 407 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 461 Mixed 442 SusWrite 422 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 60.9 209% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 294 240% 342 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 125%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 279 313 255 111 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 483 Mixed 390 SusWrite 241 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 66.6 230% 82.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 174GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 167 166 169 168 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 147 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 167 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 1,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1920 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.4% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 18 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 21.1 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 88%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	666x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	147x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	169x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	159x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	129x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $30Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	25x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $570

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16