Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	228% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '20 at 18:18
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$70 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 219 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 423 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.9% Average	Lighting 61.7 Reflection 65.9 Parallax 57.4 50% 61.7 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 59.1 Splatting 53.1 49% 61.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLB256HAHQ-000L7 256GB 10,890 User benchmarks, average bench 182% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1L2QEXD7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 330 328 325 299 270 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,974 Write 1,312 Mixed 947 SusWrite 320 252% 1,138 MB/s	4K Read 62 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 80.2 273% 95.2 MB/s	DQ Read 981 DQ Write 1,057 DQ Mixed 1,017 766% 1,018 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 247%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FDD1 2x8GB 3,225 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 23.8 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 88%

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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%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 - $192

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	494x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	113x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	124x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	93x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	83x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	35x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	33x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	23x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $759

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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