Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	46% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171130
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '19 at 23:19
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 140 2-Core 254 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 724 73% 591 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 187 Parallax 182 134% 178 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 169 Splatting 120 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 710 Series 200GB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6PB10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 169 178 187 183 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 244 Write 197 Mixed 160 SusWrite 180 44% 195 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 36.3 4K Mixed 18.5 67% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 69.4 DQ Mixed 68.5 60% 90.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 53%
Intel SSDSC2BB480G 480GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 173GB free Firmware: D2010370 SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 412 417 401 378 400 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 349 Write 404 Mixed 292 SusWrite 403 82% 362 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 33.7 137% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 262 200% 270 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 91%
WD Blue 500GB-$85 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 465GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 355 310 311 311 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 394 Mixed 325 SusWrite 337 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 43.1 159% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 254 215% 316 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 900GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 172 174 174 176 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 83.5 Mixed 73 SusWrite 174 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 32GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.5% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 20.8 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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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	485x
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 $90Bench 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 $37Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16