Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '18 at 04:07
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 148 2-Core 281 98% 175 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 778 76% 622 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.8 83% 104 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 89.2 Splatting 102 79% 95.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 218 205 200 194 187 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 410 Write 386 Mixed 304 SusWrite 226 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 55.6 181% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 354 265% 353 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 204 203 202 204 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 145 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 202 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 59GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 117 117 118 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 99.8 Write 51 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 117 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27.1 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 27.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 111%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	672x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	147x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	170x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	160x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	130x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	36x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	52x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	25x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $570

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16