Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	219% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '19 at 16:44
Run Duration	302 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 279 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 709 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 114 Parallax 242 107% 163 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 126 Splatting 155 110% 131 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 576 310 303 297 294 292 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,881 Write 1,517 Mixed 586 SusWrite 346 239% 1,082 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 58.1 234% 91.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,131 DQ Write 1,200 DQ Mixed 695 653% 1,009 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 236%
PNY CS1311 960GB-$195 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 367GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 491 446 231 326 319 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 491 Mixed 392 SusWrite 382 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 43.3 167% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 221 199% 302 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%
Intel Optane+932G 1TB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 786GB free Firmware: 17.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 596 595 588 594 592 589 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 41% Great: 94%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 303GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2279 599 602 602 601 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 2,521 Write 2,362 Mixed 1589 SusWrite 880 411% 1,838 MB/s	4K Read 65.2 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 82.8 305% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 940 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 435 379% 579 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 340%
WD easystore 2624 5TB 2,289 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4TB free, PID 2624 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 113 112 111 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 122 Write 107 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 112 140% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 0.8 266% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 65%

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 as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 22.6 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 24.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 91%

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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	484x
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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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