Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.3% 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	79.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '18 at 18:12
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	68%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 238 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 414 53% 403 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2335 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 92.4 Reflection 101 Parallax 79.7 75% 91.1 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 85 Splatting 103 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 201 231 185 183 171 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 476 Write 269 Mixed 198 SusWrite 204 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 29.2 118% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 114 126% 215 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 99%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 482GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 13 7.4 12 16 9.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 37.8 Write 55.2 Mixed 43.2 SusWrite 24.6 30% 40.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.1% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 20.6 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 20.5 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 89%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	486x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	113x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	43x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	33x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	23x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $760

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16