Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	111% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '21 at 08:53
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 78.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 204 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 514 52% 420 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BE) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.6% Below average	Lighting 40.5 Reflection 43.5 Parallax 39.1 33% 41 fps	MRender 34.5 Gravity 38.8 Splatting 33.3 29% 35.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Thnsn5512gvu7 TOSHIBA SAMPLE 512GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA4009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 260 162 230 229 235 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 1,136 Write 503 Mixed 624 SusWrite 238 138% 625 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 29 4K Mixed 27.5 100% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 839 DQ Write 74.6 DQ Mixed 152 188% 355 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 250%
Seagate ST14000VN0008-2JG101 14TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 9TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 108 93 105 104 113 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 2% Great: 104%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 138 123 136 134 142 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 141 Write 150 Mixed 97.1 SusWrite 132 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 97%
WD Red 10TB (2017)-$419 1,763 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 3TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 142 118 134 133 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 144 Write 146 Mixed 98.7 SusWrite 132 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.2 318% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 114%
Seagate ST18000NE000-2YY101 18TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: EN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 133 89 140 115 121 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 32% Great: 93%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 88GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 5.6 6.1 5.6 5.5 8.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	2.44% Terrible	Read 5.7 Write 5 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 6 8% 5.6 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 7% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 2.44% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-16GVK 04CD F4-3200C16-8GVKB 04CD F4-3200C16-16GVK 04CD F4-3200C16-8GVKB 48GB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	65.4% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 22.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 83.6 48% 83.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 103%

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

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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 $40Bench 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 $269	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 $40	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