Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '20 at 19:42
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 84.9 1-Core 135 2-Core 247 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 510 62% 478 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4508 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.66% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 12 Parallax 7.47 7% 9.19 fps	MRender 9.67 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.66% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3745) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.6% Very good	Lighting 79.5 Reflection 92.3 Parallax 75 65% 82.3 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 80 Splatting 104 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KINGSTON 240GB 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 201 Write 290 Mixed 251 56% 247 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 25.5 115% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 21.9 DQ Mixed 16.7 39% 86.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% Great: 93%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 48GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 95 84 79 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 92.8 Write 96.8 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 87.4 64% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 84%
Samsung HD300LJ 300GB-$25 1,072 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 217GB free Firmware: ZT10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 40 41 41 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Read 57.3 Write 23 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 40.8 29% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 34%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 188GB free Firmware: 3.CH SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 62 62 63 62 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 43 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 62.5 39% 52.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 114% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2400 CL16 4GB 4x4GB 312 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 23.8 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 23.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 100%

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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 1,102 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 $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 $94Bench 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 $37Bench 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 $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16