Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.77% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	216% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kleuren, , 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	12.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '19 at 22:09
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$233 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 152 2-Core 298 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 813 82% 663 Pts	64-Core 829 51% 829 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.77% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.16 7% 9.39 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 7.3 Splatting 16.2 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.77% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% MSI(1462 2831) 2GB CLim: 1272 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 29% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$330 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 506 521 511 494 510 504 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,998 Write 1043 Mixed 642 SusWrite 508 231% 1,048 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 59.3 232% 88.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,201 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 451 413% 659 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 283%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 271GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 163 168 165 164 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 166 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 165 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 15GB free Firmware: 21.12M22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 64 64 64 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 39.5 Write 35.5 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 63.9 32% 43.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 59%
ST250LT0 03-9YG14C 250GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 233GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 37 37 36 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 37.7 Write 35.3 Mixed 24 SusWrite 36.7 45% 33.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 39% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D26AFTA.16FBD 2x8GB 2,528 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 27.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 25.9 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 107%

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

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $233Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	678x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	147x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	171x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	162x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	132x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	53x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $34Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	25x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $567

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