Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	56.1% 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 5 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '18 at 00:46
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$242 712,312 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 (86^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 278 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 712 73% 590 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 147 Parallax 145 124% 148 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 140 Splatting 110 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2838 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 616 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5824109152181 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 23 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 117 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 44 240518168618 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2821802623633 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1167 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9241 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3967 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3012 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	56.1% Above average	Read 503 Write 54.4 Mixed 146 50% 235 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 4.8 88% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 6.84 56% 128 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 78%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 168GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 182249736 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 959 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19596383 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 603 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 538902559 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15524 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 55834574879 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -87668872443724 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8718133567 (F2) Unknown 100 253 360060648310	67.9% Good	Read 101 Write 134 Mixed 113 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 5.26 4K Mixed 0.49 181% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GB 5,640 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 25.5 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 89%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 - $192

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	483x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	113x
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 $485Bench 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	33x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	23x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $986

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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) $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