Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	125% 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	107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '19 at 17:39
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 51.1 2-Core 96.1 51% 77.8 Pts	4-Core 205 8-Core 209 28% 207 Pts	64-Core 205 13% 205 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 194 Parallax 179 139% 181 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 181 Splatting 126 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 335 342 313 299 269 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 434 Mixed 342 SusWrite 320 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 47.9 178% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 330 252% 343 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 44GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 127 128 129 129 129 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 439 Write 134 Mixed 132 SusWrite 129 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 17.7 96% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 48.7 83% 167 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 922GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 170 169 167 170 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 151 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 168 94% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	33.5% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 10.5 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 3.8 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 11.7 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 109%

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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%

Battleship

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	663x
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	157x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	25x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $782

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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