Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	74.5% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '17 at 14:50
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 272 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 485 55% 429 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 131383050493593 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3116 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3115 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3115 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 405321 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 60 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 405321 (F2) Unknown 100 100 609768 (F9) Unknown 100 100 19668	74.5% Very good	Read 505 Write 186 Mixed 283 71% 325 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 16.7 111% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 78.4 103% 188 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 95%
Intel X25-M 40GB 1,808 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 23GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (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 22428 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4606 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 156 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 202972 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 8570180 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 3699922670 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	30.4% Below average	Read 183 Write 42.2 Mixed 69.1 21% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 6.96 58% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 42.1 DQ Mixed 45.3 45% 75.5 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 36%
WD WD6400AARS-00Y5B1 640GB 2,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 193GB free Firmware: 50.0AB50 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 165 6708 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5974 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 24871 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4684 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 217 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 400112 (C2) HDA temperature 118 100 32 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	38.7% Below average	Read 71.1 Write 63.7 Mixed 66.8 51% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.15 60% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 62%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 382GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 85.9 Write 94.4 Mixed 68.5 106% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.22 79% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 41%
StoreJet Transcend 500GB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 133GB free, PID 2509 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 37.9 Write 41.5 Mixed 17.3 40% 32.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.26 41% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2400 CL16 8GB 2x8GB 2,791 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 27.5 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 25.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 84%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	664x
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	158x
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 $95Bench 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: $782

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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