Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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	41.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	194% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 20:12
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 96.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 231 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 597 64% 507 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.8% Average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 55 Parallax 44.7 39% 49.2 fps	MRender 62.6 Gravity 47.7 Splatting 62.2 47% 57.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1078 961 617 585 532 599 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 2,148 Write 1,396 Mixed 1,236 SusWrite 729 306% 1,377 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 49.9 160% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 308 228% 302 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 42GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 269 261 292 267 295 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 424 Mixed 421 SusWrite 287 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 63.1 4K Mixed 44.3 144% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 301 227% 303 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 128%
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 223GB free Firmware: UF3000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 79 120 122 131 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 430 Write 167 Mixed 148 SusWrite 123 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 17 66% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 71.8 DQ Mixed 41.2 45% 77.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 56%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 754GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 71 66 77 71 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 85 Write 79.7 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 73.3 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 32.7 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 26.8 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

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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	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 $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 $43Bench 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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Total price: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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) $37	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