Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	59% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '18 at 16:06
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 702 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 791 49% 791 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 203 Parallax 181 147% 188 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 181 Splatting 131 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7SB3Q-256G-1006 256GB 1,387 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 238GB free Firmware: X2180006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 252 252 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 3587 (0C) Power cycle count 252 252 80 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 115970539521 (AE) Unknown 252 252 13 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 26 27 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	75.5% Very good	Read 381 Write 346 Mixed 348 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 21 88% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 15.8 84% 192 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 98%
Sandisk SD7SB3Q-256G-1006 256GB 1,387 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2180006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 252 252 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 252 252 306 (0C) Power cycle count 252 252 98 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 137447473153 (AE) Unknown 252 252 11 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 33 27 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	59% Above average	Read 377 Write 313 Mixed 324 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 13.5 75% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 15.5 26% 48.1 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 98%
Generic External 500GB 3,066 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 387GB free, PID 0840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 40.3 Write 41.2 Mixed 21.1 42% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-023.A00G 2x8GB 2,792 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 20.7 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.7 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 77%

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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 K5

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	663x
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	157x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	129x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	59x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	25x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $790

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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