Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	240% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 20:07
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 246 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 700 69% 565 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 190 Parallax 169 140% 177 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 164 Splatting 114 106% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300. 960GB 573 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 599GB free Firmware: SAFM12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2857 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 817 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 312 (C2) HDA temperature 73 52 206159675419	63.5% Good	Read 493 Write 272 Mixed 277 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 7.56 82% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 33.9 44% 74.5 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 103%
Samsung HD154UI 256GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 192GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12627 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2456 (E8) Unknown 100 100 72502839278 (E9) Unknown 97 0 97	99.7% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 478 Mixed 428 103% 461 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 22.1 132% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 123 139% 235 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 107%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,660 Write 1,202 Mixed 1,345 381% 1,736 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 27.7 191% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 57.3 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 26.5 42% 77.3 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 236%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 795GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 146 10891 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1356 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 319 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1210 (C2) HDA temperature 121 106 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	96.8% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 186 Mixed 165 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.25 115% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 112%
WD Elements 25A1 2TB 7,574 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 691GB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 77 Write 77.9 Mixed 61.8 92% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.21 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 3,586 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.9% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.6 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 114%

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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 $40Bench 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 $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