Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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	73.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '18 at 20:16
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 836 82% 673 Pts	64-Core 836 52% 836 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2987 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 194 Parallax 185 146% 186 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 182 Splatting 128 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 120GB-$50 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5384 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1064 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 184 184 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 224 (C2) HDA temperature 61 47 227634839591 (F1) Unknown 100 100 666768	73.5% Very good	Read 507 Write 323 Mixed 344 86% 391 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 9.56 86% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 40.2 76% 152 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 89%
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 20GB free Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2398 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 386 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21502820705 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 82 (A8) Unknown 100 100 17 (A9) Unknown 100 100 448 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 45 76 326419415095 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1099517198592 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3343 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3839 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3435 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7265 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	65.7% Good	Read 476 Write 171 Mixed 145 57% 264 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 9.6 92% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 37.8 81% 171 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 103%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 804GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12897026231 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1630 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5387 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 949 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1644 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1644 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 197570134053 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	96.9% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 174 Mixed 165 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.16 73% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 27.9 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 43.9 SC Mixed 31.5 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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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Total price: $770

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