Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	117% 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	47.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	17.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 19:08
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing as expected (49^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 71.3 1-Core 95.7 2-Core 215 70% 127 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 548 59% 471 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 179 Parallax 175 130% 171 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 163 Splatting 112 105% 130 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 710 Series 200GB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6PB10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 175 196 187 189 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 234 Write 198 Mixed 174 SusWrite 183 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 20.1 72% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 83.4 DQ Mixed 68.1 62% 96 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 53%
Intel SSDSC2BB480G 480GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 187GB free Firmware: D2010370 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 378 411 411 379 373 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 316 Write 390 Mixed 288 SusWrite 388 78% 345 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 33.6 132% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 263 200% 270 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 91%
WD Blue 500GB-$93 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 465GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 344 310 307 305 304 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 423 Mixed 333 SusWrite 328 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 44.7 154% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 252 206% 292 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 900GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 171 173 171 174 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 52.5 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 171 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 32GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 8.9 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 98.5 41% 98.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 91%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	493x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	113x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	123x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	93x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	83x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	43x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	33x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	23x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $765

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16