Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	218% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '19 at 21:34
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$146 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 80.5 2-Core 218 71% 128 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 423 54% 412 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 112 Parallax 103 84% 106 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 91.5 Splatting 94.6 77% 93.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 786 638 639 638 640 636 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,742 Write 1,694 Mixed 635 SusWrite 663 264% 1,183 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 55.1 198% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,053 DQ Write 1,080 DQ Mixed 842 695% 992 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 254%
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 155GB free Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 219 74 75 75 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 475 Write 415 Mixed 383 SusWrite 148 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 42.5 148% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 240 203% 293 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 95%
Seagate Backup+ Desktop 3TB 573 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1404 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 165 165 166 167 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 147 Mixed 90 SusWrite 164 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$88 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 438GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 120 121 123 122 119 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 120 Write 84.3 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 121 69% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 187% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 172GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 95 94 94 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 114 Write 112 Mixed 66 SusWrite 95.2 71% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 166% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD48G21332 2x8GB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 24.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 79%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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 $245Bench 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	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	25x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $615

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16