Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	29.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	259% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170329
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '17 at 20:34
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	70%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 267 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 544 73% 543 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 372B) 2GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Lighting 36.7 Reflection 25.8 Parallax 32 30% 31.5 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 33.5 Splatting 32 28% 34.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,844 Write 1,153 Mixed 1,324 388% 1,774 MB/s	4K Read 61.5 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 30.1 222% 87.5 MB/s	DQ Read 54 DQ Write 454 DQ Mixed 22 86% 177 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 236%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 75GB free Firmware: X31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 486 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 667 (A5) Unknown 100 100 98806464791 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 49 210454511640 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1236969980200 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1491 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2773 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2411 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3646 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	66.2% Good	Read 459 Write 326 Mixed 328 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 11.3 90% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 66.9 DQ Mixed 11.2 19% 35.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 101%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 463GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 136 4108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 169 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 250 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 156 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 104 (C2) HDA temperature 119 116 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	69% Good	Read 120 Write 120 Mixed 117 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.46 104% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 28.9 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 19.2 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 104%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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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 $400Bench 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 $67Bench 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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	25x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $770

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16