Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics112% 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 Drive73.7% 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.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161118
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 04 '21 at 04:24
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
88.2% Excellent
Memory 84.8
1-Core 135
2-Core 272
90% 164 Pts
4-Core 527
8-Core 536
71% 531 Pts
64-Core 535
33% 535 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 88.2%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
112% Outstanding
Lighting 146
Reflection 145
Parallax 154
119% 148 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 147
Splatting 125
107% 131 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 112%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
209GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 279 290 287 291 283 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
73.7% Very good
Read 414
Write 297
Mixed 216
SusWrite 272
67% 300 MB/s
4K Read 17.1
4K Write 46
4K Mixed 32.4
92% 31.8 MB/s
DQ Read 373
DQ Write 125
DQ Mixed 208
164% 235 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 73.7%
Great: 129%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$28
586GB free
Firmware: GKAOAJ0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 76 77 76 77 77 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
44.7% Average
Read 79.5
Write 82.9
Mixed 41.4
SusWrite 76.1
51% 70 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1
178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 44.7%
Great: 46%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$53
2TB free
Firmware: JKAOA3EA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 119 125 122 122 122 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
69.2% Good
Read 122
Write 112
Mixed 57.8
SusWrite 119
75% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 69.2%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
42% Average
MC Read 14.6
MC Write 14.6
MC Mixed 12.5
40% 13.9 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 14.7
SC Mixed 13.9
39% 13.8 GB/s
Latency 72.2
55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 42%
Great: 48%

 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: 69% - Good Total price: $986
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