Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	124% 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '23 at 23:44
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^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-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 244 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 381 53% 390 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Asus(1043 883E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 163 Parallax 154 138% 162 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 132 Splatting 113 112% 141 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 456 Write 369 Mixed 359 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 48.7 164% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WDC WD10EZEX-08WN4A0 256GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 91GB free Firmware: U1013A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 398 427 429 180 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 457 Write 410 Mixed 387 SusWrite 307 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 20.8 116% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 31.7 85% 174 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 45GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 92 93 92 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 120 Write 117 Mixed 69 SusWrite 91 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 109%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 154GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 74 75 74 58 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 78 Write 88.9 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 69.2 54% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 62%
WD WD20EZAZ-00WGYX0 2TB 13,327 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 193GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 92 91 91 92 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 90.9 Write 106 Mixed 94.2 SusWrite 91.4 71% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 0.7 305% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD2 2x8GB 3,240 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.7 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 24 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 88%

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

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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 $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	494x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	113x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	124x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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 $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	35x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $779

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16