Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics98.1% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5  (all builds)
Memory14.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161124
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 20 '20 at 17:10
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 13%

 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
85.7% Excellent
Memory 90.9
1-Core 124
2-Core 225
84% 147 Pts
4-Core 434
8-Core 687
69% 560 Pts
64-Core 688
43% 688 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.52% Terrible
Lighting 8.07
Reflection 11.2
Parallax 9.44
7% 9.57 fps
MRender 8
Gravity 7.5
Splatting 16.5
9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.52%
Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
98.1% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 138
Parallax 117
103% 127 fps
MRender 98.4
Gravity 124
Splatting 104
89% 109 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 98.1%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31
383GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 85 95 94 88 96 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
78.8% Very good
Read 184
Write 164
Mixed 108
SusWrite 90.1
101% 137 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.1
224% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31
246GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 122 124 126 125 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
77.1% Very good
Read 144
Write 143
Mixed 105
SusWrite 124
95% 129 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.1
229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 77.1%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CRC 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 24GB
2400, 2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
43.1% Average
MC Read 14.9
MC Write 15
MC Mixed 12.6
40% 14.2 GB/s
SC Read 13.6
SC Write 14.3
SC Mixed 14
40% 14 GB/s
Latency 65.9
61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 43.1%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z270X-Gaming K5 Builds (Compare 1,102 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming K5

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $565
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