Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics89.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive68.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
7 years ago, 7 years ago.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161101
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMar 03 '17 at 15:25
Run Duration187 Seconds
Run User ISR-User
Background CPU 34%
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 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
85.5% Excellent
Memory 91.7
1-Core 128
2-Core 242
87% 154 Pts
4-Core 428
8-Core 702
69% 565 Pts
64-Core 697
43% 697 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 85.5%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
89.5% Excellent
Lighting 114
Reflection 117
Parallax 99.3
93% 110 fps
MRender 99.4
Gravity 101
Splatting 102
83% 101 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 89.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89
188GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
68.1% Good
Read 468
Write 261
Mixed 127
62% 285 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 58.2
4K Mixed 11.6
83% 31.5 MB/s
DQ Read 291
DQ Write 145
DQ Mixed 25.6
70% 154 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 68.1%
Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
833GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
93.8% Outstanding
Read 161
Write 166
Mixed 130
114% 152 MB/s
4K Read 0.76
4K Write 2.51
4K Mixed 0.25
106% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 93.8%
Great: 109%
ST1000LM 024 HN-M101M 1TB
839GB free, PID 0405
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
40.3% Average
Read 96.5
Write 95.5
Mixed 79.1
115% 90.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.38
4K Write 1.76
4K Mixed 0.33
73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 40.3%
Great: 48%
Samsung G2 Portable 250GB
133GB free, PID 6031
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
20.1% Poor
Read 39
Write 42.5
Mixed 29.1
47% 36.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.65
4K Mixed 0.25
66% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 8%
This bench: 20.1%
Great: 20%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
45.1% Average
MC Read 15.4
MC Write 16
MC Mixed 12.8
42% 14.7 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 16.6
SC Mixed 14.9
43% 15.1 GB/s
Latency 64.7
62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 45.1%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 862 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $960
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