Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '19 at 01:01
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7350K-$41 4,002 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 147 2-Core 271 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 404 54% 404 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64LC (Liquid Cooled)-$1,700 4,268 User benchmarks, average bench 94% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1750 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 97.9 Parallax 198 97% 138 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 139 Splatting 142 105% 126 fps
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 98%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,768 Write 1,150 Mixed 403 242% 1,107 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 52.2 210% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1080 DQ Write 893 DQ Mixed 789 645% 921 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 372GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1389 1247 616 619 618 619 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2,350 Write 2,222 Mixed 1,523 SusWrite 851 388% 1,737 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 88.6 278% 96.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,295 DQ Write 1,004 DQ Mixed 891 737% 1,064 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 430GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 164 164 165 164 163 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 148 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 163 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$83 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 160 169 165 156 164 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 39% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 30.4 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 30.1 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

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

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Typical GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 Builds (Compare 1,101 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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 $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 $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 $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 $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