Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	117% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '18 at 14:44
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 150 2-Core 297 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 823 85% 686 Pts	64-Core 817 51% 817 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 154 Parallax 143 118% 147 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 140 Splatting 110 98% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 362GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 448 423 395 401 393 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 434 Mixed 350 SusWrite 413 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 55.1 185% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 340 260% 353 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Hitachi HUS726020ALE614 2TB 380 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2TB free Firmware: APGNW907 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 197 198 202 202 203 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 178 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 201 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.6 204% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 115%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 142 141 141 141 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 138 Write 134 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 141 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2800 C16 Series 8502 286 Series 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	92.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 28.1 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 28.6 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 93%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	485x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	113x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $37Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $744

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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16