Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.8% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '18 at 22:05
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 (99^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 794 83% 664 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 84.1 Reflection 79.4 Parallax 69 68% 77.5 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 72.1 59% 72.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 3,708 User benchmarks, average bench 138% 436GB free Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,657 Write 709 Mixed 1,040 250% 1,135 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 17.6 135% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 443 DQ Mixed 21.5 81% 165 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 172%
Kingston HyperX 3K 480GB-$256 1,827 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12801194 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -116926189664737 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 684 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 235 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 40 73017065503 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 73017065503 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12801194 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12801194 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12801194 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5526 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5410 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5410 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7336 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4718635	61.8% Good	Read 497 Write 221 Mixed 236 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 22.8 4K Mixed 16.7 73% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 97.7 DQ Mixed 66.1 70% 119 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 69%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$70 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 240GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 407 (03) Spinup time 183 172 7808 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2171 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6381 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1083 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 601 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1590 (C2) HDA temperature 118 99 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	63.1% Good	Read 103 Write 117 Mixed 79.5 74% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.15 58% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 100%
SanDisk Ultra T C 16GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 14GB free, PID 5596 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 130 Write 41.9 Mixed 51.3 78% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.54 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 1.44 160% 3.51 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2x8GB 23,800 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 23.5 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 26.8 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 94%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	483x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	112x
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 $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	83x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	32x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	23x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $994

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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