Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	112% 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	270% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '21 at 12:03
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 74.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 84% 154 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 732 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3364) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 150 Parallax 153 118% 149 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 151 Splatting 128 109% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 665GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1414 1467 1392 1349 1420 1365 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2,283 Write 1,497 Mixed 1,416 SusWrite 1,401 368% 1,650 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 63.5 197% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,292 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 201 272% 532 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 410%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 85GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,143 Write 4,852 Mixed 6,072 1,476% 6,689 MB/s	4K Read 613 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 92 1,085% 259 MB/s	DQ Read 1,308 DQ Write 70.6 DQ Mixed 158 249% 512 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 215GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 161 151 144 150 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 138 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 154 87% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 357% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 123 123 123 127 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 89.6 Write 66.5 Mixed 45.6 SusWrite 123 59% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 30,689 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 30.2 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 35.7 SC Mixed 26.4 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 91.2 44% 91.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 118%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	484x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	113x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	122x
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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	43x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	33x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	23x

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Total price: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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