Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	80.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '24 at 09:36
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$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 (96^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 502 67% 501 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 172 172 172 164 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 429 Write 264 Mixed 205 SusWrite 168 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 38.2 131% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 120 131% 224 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 110%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 289 290 290 290 289 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 446 Mixed 352 SusWrite 301 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 57.6 189% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 127GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,435 Write 2,303 Mixed 1,616 471% 2,118 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 74.2 242% 81.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,298 DQ Write 825 DQ Mixed 995 760% 1,039 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$43 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 233GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 123 124 124 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 129 Write 109 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 124 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 70%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 250GB 1,518 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 227GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 145 Write 82.4 Mixed 81.9 120% 103 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.7 152% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF2X04HEEE35-12-K 2x8GB 937 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	43	8	144	0"	2560 1377

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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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $775

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 $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